Rafa Nadal (38) is living his last moments as a professional tennis player. The Spaniard will say goodbye by defending the colors of Spain in the Davis Cup, thus completing his career in this tournament which he played in 2004 for the first time.
His teammates, like Alcaraz, want to see him play. His captain, David Ferrer, too. His great rival, beyond Federer, the Serbian Novak Djokovic, will be present to witness his farewell to the courts in situ. There are fans who paid more than 10,000 euros for a ticket just to experience this moment from the stands. But Nadal will not be affected by all this in his decision to play… or not.
“First we have to see how I feel these days in training and if I don't feel ready to have options to win the singles, I will be the first to not want to play. If I don't “I'm not ready, I'll be the first to talk to the captain about it. I've already told David several times not to make a decision based on the fact that this is my last week as a professional tennis player.”the Spaniard told RFET media on Friday.
As soon as he arrived in Malaga on Thursday, he started training, without wanting to waste time. He wants to be ready and, a priori, he feels good, with strength, but also taking all the logical precautions after a long period of inactivity.
“I more or less managed to do a good preparation, that's why I'm here. You have to see it day by day, I haven't competed for a long time and the reality is that I want to live this week as best I can, with the dream of finalizing a very beautiful and long stage of my life, by living my last moments in the best possible way”he added.
“My first great joy as a professional tennis player was the Davis Cup in 2004. Circumstances gave me the opportunity to be here,” he recalled, he who could thus finalize his career with his first great joy.
