The German tennis player, who recently spent eight months in prison, was blunt when referring to Rafa’s future.
Rafael Nadal The year did not start well. The Spaniard was quickly eliminated from the australian open after losing in the second round at the hands of the American Mackenzie McDonald and, as if that were not enough, he also suffered a new injury. Faced with this false start, the German tennis player Boris Becker He left a strong opinion about Rafa’s future.
After spending eight months in prison in the United Kingdom after being convicted of concealing his monetary and real estate assets, Becker was deported to his country and is now dedicated to being a commentator on the Eurosport chain.
In this context, he was asked about the future of Nadal and left a devastating sentence: “If the question is whether Rafa will play until he is 40 years old, the answer is that I don’t think so. The defeat against McDonald was the first step to withdrawal because an injury like this takes recovery time and he is already old. His days in tennis are numbered”.
In any case, Becker also praised Nadal and assured that “He is not a tennis legend, he is a sports legend, he is one of the most important athletes of the last 25 years”. And he closed with a wink facing the second Grand Slam of the year: “If he is fit, for me he is still the favorite for Roland Garros”.
Nadal’s post confirmed his injury at the Australian Open
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