Rafa Nadal will not play again at the Caja Mágica in Madrid and leaves behind countless hours and hours of passion, tennis, courage, heart and, in addition, five titles to remember. Nadal couldn’t beat Lehecka because the Czech played, without half measures, the best game of his career as a professional. He made the perfect match against a Rafa who perhaps would have had more options in his best days, but who put everything he had left of his physique, head and tennis at the service of the thousands of fans who, at times, turned an ATP match into a Davis Cup match.
This was his farewell:
The Czech took the match in two sets with stratospheric tennis. Only in this way could Nadal be taken out of this Box that has seen him give so much magic. Jiri was a perfect storm and the end began to be seen from the first set.
Once the match was over, the tribute to Nadal arrived. Five canvases, so sad that they did not stop falling from the heavens, for the five twisted ones conquered in Madrid. Nadal, excited, threatened to return next year, but that joke was as funny for the moment as it was painful for his lie. Nadal, who has not yet signed his definitive withdrawal, will not return to Madrid, but he will always be present.
2024-04-30 23:22:51
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