Nadal: “I’m positive, you can’t compete and think about pain all day”

BARCELONA, 25 Jun. (EUROPA PRESS) –

The Spanish tennis player Rafa Nadal finalizes the preparation for Wimbledon and showed his joy playing on grass three years later, a positive mentality despite “being tired” of talking every day about foot treatment due to the incompatibility generated by competing and thinking daily about the pain.

“We can’t talk about my foot every day because if we don’t forget the most important thing, which is tennis. I’ve had a lot of problems in my life with injuries and I don’t think about it every day when I’m on the court, I don’t think if It’s going to hurt or not, I’m positive. But you can’t compete and think about the pain all day. I’ve handled this well throughout my career,” Nadal said at the Wimbledon facilities.

“If I’m here it’s because things are going well, if not, I wouldn’t be. I’m happy with the evolution, but I can’t be super happy because I don’t know what will happen, but I can talk about the feelings I’m having in these last two weeks” , he added.

Asked about the treatment, the Manacorí admitted that he can now walk normally most days: “For me it is the main problem. When I wake up, I don’t have that pain that I had for the last year and a half.” Also, he recognized the toughness during the first six months.

“I wouldn’t say it’s a drama, there are other worse things in life, here we’re just playing tennis. It’s been hard to get on the court with pain and not knowing if I was going to be able to finish the training session or the match,” he settled.


Now, the Spanish tennis player is preparing his set-up for the third ‘Grand Slam’ of the season. “I have had success here. The past is the past and sport and life go by very quickly. I don’t really think about what I have achieved, it is something that has happened, that will be in my museum for the rest of my life. life, makes me proud of it,” he said.

Asked about the rivalry with Federer, he was full of praise. “It’s hard not to think about the rivalry that we’ve had for the last 15 or 20 years. We’ve played in all the big stadiums except New York. We push each other to be better. When you have someone really good in front of you it helps you know the things you have to do to be better,” he said.