Rafa Nadal: “I’m devastated.” Wife bursts into tears
Rafa Nadal after Australian Open defeat and injury: ‘I can’t lie’
Rafael Nadal appeared at a press conference visibly dejected after his Australian Open second-round defeat at the hands of McDonald. The Manacor-based tennis player suffered yet another injury, a hip problem, which severely handicapped him in the latter part of the match. When he walked off the court to be treated, his wife in the stands could not hold back tears.
At the press conference, the former world number one spoke clearly: “I had a couple of days like that, but nothing compared to when I made that move. We’re going to start talking about it now with the team, but I don’t know what’s going on, whether it’s muscles, whether it’s joints. I already have a history with hip problems, I had to have treatments in the past, but it was not something big. Now I feel like I can’t move.”
“It’s hard to make predictions, whether it’s a muscle, whether it’s the joint, whether it’s the cartilage. I don’t know. By the way, I’m tired of talking. I understand, but I lost the game. That’s all: I tried until the end, and I don’t know if in good condition I would have still won the game, I would have undoubtedly had a better chance. But in the end, that’s all. I tried and it was not possible.”
On his state of mind: “Yes, you can imagine. I don’t need to talk and explain the feelings. It was not the right time to undergo something like that now. But in the end, you have to move on, right? Sometimes it’s frustrating. Sometimes it’s hard to accept. Sometimes you feel super tired from all these things, talking about injuries. I can’t come here and tell you, lying, that life is great and to stay positive and keep fighting. Not right now. Tomorrow starts another day. Now is a difficult time. It’s a difficult day, you have to accept it and move on. You know, in the end, I can’t complain about my life at all, but in terms of sports and in terms of injuries and hard times, this is one of them. I can’t say I’m not mentally broken right now, because I would be lying,” are the words reported by Ubitennis.
