Officially retired for exactly a month, Rafael Nadal returned to the best chapters of his immense career in a letter written for the site The Players’ Tribune.
And after making an unprecedented revelation about a physical problem, the Spanish champion addressed another much better known one, that concerning his persistent foot injury that appeared when he was still a teenager. And reading it, he suffered a lot.
“I got injured when I was 17 and was told I would probably never play professional Tennis again. I learned that everything can stop in an instant. It’s not just a small crack in my foot, it’s a disease. There is no cure, only treatment. Mueller‐Weiss syndrome. What does that mean? You go from being overjoyed to waking up the next morning and not being able to walk. I spent many days crying at home, but it was very humbling, and I was lucky to have a father – the true influence in my life – who always been very positive. “We will find a solution,” he said. “And if we don’t succeed, there are other things in life besides tennis. Hearing these words, I had difficulty assimilating them, but thank God, after a lot of pain, operations, rehabilitation and tears, a solution was found, and during all these years I was able to beat. »
Published on Friday December 20, 2024 at 08:18
Tennis
France
