27/04/2024 18:30hs.
On February 26, 2015, a very young Pedro Cachín (91°) shared a photo on Instagram. A photo, in fact, that caused her inner circle to react with stupor. On one side was him and on the other, Rafael Nadal (512th), which at that time was the third best ranked in the world. “In a few years it will be the other way around,” was one of the comments made to the Cordoban. “Unfinished business (in Spanish, ‘unfinished work’“), was read on the 19-year-old boy’s shirt.
They were issues that went unnoticed because they did not have a context in which to place themselves, but that almost a decade later found a place in the world: in the Madrid Masters 1000a special reunion for Rafa as he is going through his last moments on the circuit, Cachín will have the opportunity to face him for the first time and win a historic match.
In that photograph, at the beginning of 2015, The stage was the ATP in Buenos Aires: The Cordoban (243rd at the time) had traveled to participate in the local tournament, in which he had to compete in the qualy, and Nadal was there preparing to compete in it. The first training? Together, rallying and playing. An unbeatable anecdote that, so that they would believe it was her friends – and keep a memory for a lifetime -, Cachín captured with a cell phone (there was also an audiovisual record, facilitated by Marcos Zugasti).
The first photo of Cachín with Nadal. This Monday, he will have another one. (IG Cachín)
Cachín and Nadal will have a head-to-head matchup with a lot of meaning
The paths of each one followed separately. In the tournament itself, in which The man from Cordoba lost in the first qualifying round against Andrés Molteni and Nadal finished champion after beating Pico Monaco, but also throughout their careers. This Monday, when they meet for the first time after Cachín beat Frances Tiafoe (21st) 7-6 (1), 3-6 and 6-4 and the Spaniard cleaned up Alex De Miñaur (11th) 7-6 (6) and 6-3, that will be over.
“I have never played against Cachín, a tough player who, after coming from a difficult period of results, is resurfacing, so it’s going to be difficult. I will do my best to be prepared and recovered,” Rafa anticipated ahead of the match. And it is true, he has never faced him. But, if he has a good memory, he will remember some of his rival’s hitting. And Pedro, who went from bad to The great things with this historic opportunity that was presented to him, he will have the challenge that he surely dreamed of when he was a little boy. Now, to finish the job.
The training that Nadal and Cachín shared in 2015
2024-04-27 21:30:00
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