Nadal crushes himself in Paris: nine hours of work in three days

Despite the fact that Rafa Nadal has already played 16 games (13-3) and has been able to practice normally so far this clay-court campaign, the Spaniard arrived in Paris ready to leave everything behind. to start the tournament with the best possible preparation. It will be on Tuesday against the Australian Alexei Popyrin. That is why it is crushed at the Roland Garros facilities with two training sessions on two tracks, the Philippe Chatrier and the 5, with quality companions.

On Thursday, his first day of work, he rallied from 10:00 to 12:00 with Russian Karen Khachanov in the center and then warmed up in the afternoon with Carlos Moyá from 15:00 to 16:00 on one of the outer courts. On Friday he repeated the pattern, but with two track changes (see table) and with Pablo Carreño as hitting partner. And this Saturday, with sun and heat (24 degrees), he shared a morning session with another Russian, Aslan Karatsev, and completed another evening in which he coincidentally coincided with the 2020 champion, the Polish Iga Swiatek, with whom he played a few balls. In total, nine hours in three days.

“Since Rome, things have continued in a good line. I was increasing the workload, yesterday (Thursday) I did a double session, and then we will have to go down. I think I arrive well, although later we will have to show it on the track, “Nadal said at the press conference on Friday. His plan shows that he is very well physically, since it is known that he is not very much to the taste of the technicians of the number three in the world to abuse track hours. At the moment, nobody trains more than him. For something he accumulates 13 titles in the French Grand Slam.