“I want to continue playing tennis, but my feelings are bad” – Fox Sports

Rafael Nadal He suffered a significant injury again, this time to the hip, and although he continued the match, he ended up playing limited and was eliminated in the second round of the Australian Open in three sets (6-4, 6-4 and 7-5) against Mackenzie McDonald .

The Spanish tennis player He confessed to being devastated by the situation he lives and left his future uncertain after elimination from the first Grand Slam of the season and not being able to defend his title in final instances.

difficult moment

“I didn’t want to retire, although I came to consider it. What he was trying to do was play without aggravating the injury. He couldn’t hit the backhand or run. I tried to finish the game by all means. It’s frustrating and hard to accept”.

Totally ‘destroyed’

“Sometimes one gets tired of so many injuries. It is a difficult moment and it is time to accept it. I hope it’s nothing serious or that it takes me off the track for a long time, because it would be difficult to go through the work and time necessary for recovery again. I can’t say that I’m not mentally destroyed. I’ve been through that many times and it’s not easy.”

waiting for results

“It is not a problem that I have not been able to play in the past. I don’t know if it’s articular or muscular. It’s time to have an MRI and see what happened”.

He has lived worse moments

“It hurt more when I withdrew in the Wimbledon semifinals., because i could win it. Here I was only in the second round”.

with bad feelings

“We cannot fool ourselves with an optimistic discourse. I want to continue playing tennis, but my feelings are bad. It is very difficult to get in shape if you have continuous breaks. I need to prevent long off-track time. I’ve spent seven months almost without playing and I can’t be away for a long time again. It would be difficult to find the rhythm and be competitive again.

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