The Majorcan champion, after defeating Auger-Aliassime, displaces everyone. Giorgi and Sinner on the field today
Paris – The words that shake Roland Garros arrive at the press conference, after yet another, monumental proof of Rafa Nadal, winner of Felix Auger-Aliassime in five sets and 4 hours and 21 minutes of battle. He is asked how he sees the new stellar challenge that awaits him tomorrow in the quarterfinals against Novak Djokovic, and the thirteen-time Paris champion replies that “I don’t know, I haven’t played this kind of games in the last three months, so it will be a great challenge. for me. I can’t complain too much: I’m in the quarter-finals of Roland Garros, while two and a half weeks ago I didn’t even know if I would be able to play. I enjoy being here for another year because to be honest, I don’t know if the one against Djokovic will be my last match here at Roland Garros… ».
The Spanish champion, record holder of injuries as well as Grand Slams – he has won 21, more than all, despite missing at least 6 due to some illness – has lived together for a long time, but it would be better to say always, with the Muller-Weiss syndrome, a congenital malformation of the foot (in his case the left one) incurable, which worsens over time and forces him to take painkillers in order to play. A “normal” person suffering from Muller-Weiss struggles to walk, Nadal even manages to live with it on the pitch. As he did yesterday, snatching sentences of admiration and amazement even from his old colleagues.
But the real question is: until when? Until when will we see him play and thrill the crowd as he did against Aliassime, the new protege of his uncle Toni? Tomorrow’s match, at this point, takes on a different dimension: it could not only be the 59th challenge between the two phenomena – Djokovic is ahead 30-28 – but also a match that marks the history of tennis. So much so that in Paris there is a violent tug-of-war between the TVs, which they would like to have scheduled in the evening, and Nadal, who does not like to play in the evening. Amelie Mauresmo even postponed the appointment with the press to Wednesday precisely in order not to have to answer questions on the matter.
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