“I think I was wrong to call the net and tell him things. I should have told him at the change of sides or wait for the referee to tell him. There has been no bite. I have gone up to his locker room, I have apologized,” he explained. Rafael Nadal publicly about the fact of having claimed the presence of Lorenzo Sonego, that he had just made the ‘break’ for him for 4-4 in the third set, at the net and commenting that he was lengthening the shouts in excess when hitting the ball and bothering him.
Nadal, a 36-year-old veteran, immediately stopped any attempt at controversy, recognizing that he had not chosen the moment well. And he did not hesitate to apologize to the transalpine.
By conviction and also putting out the fuse. He is only interested in his tennis, which rose a lot in level against the transalpine, whom he crucified with a varied and lethal range of resources.
The champion Nadal Australian Open and Roland Garros He began to appear at Wimbledon when the demand grows and he accumulates more hours on a grass on which he has not competed since 2019.
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Today, Monday, he has an appointment with an acquaintance, the Dutch Botic Van de Zandschulp26 years old and number 25, whom he surpassed in Roland Garros by 6-3, 6-2 and 6-4.
“He is a player who has been improving in an incredible way in the last year. He was a good challenge at Roland Garros and I think that now he will be even more so. He is a complete player, with many good things,” Nadal analyzed, aware that on grass the Dutchman’s serve and forehand can do more damage and that on the ground makes more difference.
He doesn’t care. He depends on himself. “I need to continue as I played against Sonego. Play aggressively, with the right energy. He is a tough opponent but we are in the fourth round, and that is how it should be,” says Nadal.
He has returned to Wimbledon ambitious. He wants to fight for a third title that unites those of 2008 y 2010to his account of 22 Grand Slam crowns.
“I have made a very important effort to be here at Wimbledon. Mentally and physically. I am satisfied with it. This has been a positive day (Saturday against Sonego) because I have made a pass”.
He goes for the next one.
