Nadal, to Carla Suárez: “You are a champion, I am very, very happy for your recovery”

Rafa Nadal joined the displays of admiration and affection towards Carla Suárez for her return to competition at Roland Garros after overcoming cancer (Hodgkin's lymphoma) that was detected in August 2020. The Balearic, 13 times winner of the tournament, congratulates the Canary Islands, in a video posted on the ATP twitter account, for his integrity, as other teammates on the circuit and the French Grand Slam did before.

“Hi, Carla, how are you? Just congratulate you for your attitude and everything you have transmitted during these difficult months that you have surely lived through. You are a champion, you already were on the track, but it has shown that you are also a champion outside. I wanted to congratulate you and tell you that I am very, very happy for your recovery. Surely little by little you will find the strength to return to playing tennis or practicing whatever sport you want. I send you a big kiss and many congratulations, “says Nadal, who debuts this Tuesday against Alexei Popyrin.

Carla returns to play 15 months after her last game and she does it in the last turn of the Simonne Mathieu against the American Sloane Stephens in what will be her last appearance at Roland Garros, which she hopes to extend as long as possible.