Andy Roddick was somewhat worried about Rafa Nadal’s situation. And, due to these latest physical discomforts that have prevented him from competing in Monte Carlo, the former world number 1 cannot help but think that perhaps the Spaniard will not be able to say goodbye as he wishes. What does this have to do with Roger Federer?
While the action happens in the Monte Carlo Masters 1000another reality coexists a few hundred kilometers away in Barcelona. Rafael Nadal It is located in the facilities of the Count of Godó, which starts next Saturday, to continue testing his body and see if those abdominal discomforts allow him to compete as he would like. Everything seems to indicate that the decision to participate or not in the Spanish tournament will be made in the next two days, something that we will all be very attentive to. If the Spaniard finally misses the Catalan event, it will be the second tournament on this dirt tour that he misses after leaving Monte Carlo. Thus, the reactions from the tennis world about his situation do not stop flourishing. That is the case of Andy Roddickwhich compares Nadal’s end to the retirement of Roger Federer.
The former American tennis player once again had one of his talks about current tennis events on his podcast ‘Served with Andy Roddick’, where on this occasion he gave his opinion on the Balearic Islands’ situation with injuries. And, although it has become increasingly one thing with Rafa in recent months, the former world number 1 does not want to get carried away by negativity, highlighting that what the Spaniard needs is to stay healthy during the dirt tour: “I have hope in the back of my mind that he will recover. And he doesn’t need to be healthy for 52 weeks, he needs to be healthy for two months. You just do everything you can, take all the painkillers you need to take and let’s get one further”.
And the great objective of the Balearic Islands in this dirt tour has always been to reach Roland Garros, his temple. However, although he has been training on clay for a long time, he has not yet had the opportunity to compete. Barcelona is the next challenge, but the intention is to fuel the machinery to reach Philippe Chatrier with possibilities. And Roddick wishes the Spaniard could say goodbye there: “I always thought we were going to have some version of that, maybe not win, but imagine him winning the third round at Roland Garros, a tough four-set match, the place falling apart… I want that for him.”
On the same path as Federer?
Amid so much uncertainty, Roddick has had no qualms about comparing the possible last moments of Nadal’s career with the situation that Roger Federer went through. And the former tennis player is worried that the Spaniard will not have the farewell he wants, since he believes that was the case with the Swiss: “Roger retired at the Laver Cup. He probably wouldn’t say that out loud, but Roger wanted to retire at Wimbledon or the US Open. He wanted to play them, he wanted to do that, he wanted to say ‘bye’. It happened in three days instead of three months. It seems like we are getting closer to making that a reality for Rafa.”
2024-04-12 10:08:01
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