There is no doubt that Nicolas Massu He is one of the most outstanding tennis players not only nationally but also internationally. His name remained in the history of the sports world after winning the gold medals at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games in the singles and doubles category, together with his compatriot Fernando González, who managed to climb to the top of the podium. .
Almost 20 years have passed since that historic achievement of the Vampire that today seems to be impossible for another tennis player to achieve, since currently they are enrolled in one category or the other, it is very unlikely that they will compete in both for the physical wear and tear that it produces. However, Nicolas Massu He gave details about what happened and mentioned Marcelo Ríos as one of the main pillars to be able to make history.
The Gladiator every time he talks about the double Olympic medal he won in the capital of Greece, his chest swells, since he is the only tennis player in history to be able to achieve it, although he says that it would not have been possible without the inspiration of Chino. “When Marcelo Ríos was number one in the world, I was 17 years old and with Fernando (González) we looked to the side and said: ‘Well, we can'”started the former number 9 in the world.
In the same line, Nicolas Massu he used that inspiration in Marcelo Ríos to send a message to all the boys who are just getting involved with professional sports so that they never give up. “The message we want to deliver is that tomorrow you can go to an Olympic Games and you can do important things. It is a dream come true, it is something unique”added in dialogue with ‘Punto de Break’.
“I knew how to adapt to the conditions”
Throughout the same interview, Nicolas Massu He gave details about all the situations he had to go through during the two weeks of competition at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, where in the singles final he could not finish the warm-up in the best way due to the physical and emotional exhaustion that playing had caused him. to five sets the definition of the doubles.
“When he won the two gold medals and enduring all the hours I played with the stress of knowing that there was an entire country behind him that was waiting. In those two weeks there were very difficult moments, the physical began to pay the bills, the muscular pains, trying to be 100% in singles and doubles. I knew how to adapt to the situations at that time, they were the conditions that touched me and I had to play with what I had, ”he declared.
