"A miracle for any normal person" - Nadal doctor on his success despite foot injury

Rafael Nadal’s doctor, Angel Ruiz-Cotorro, admits his star patient’s ability to defy injury “would be a miracle for any normal person”.

Nadal has twice defied a chronic foot problem in 2022 to win the Australian Open and then the French Open, while he also suffered a stress fracture in his rib prior to Roland-Garros. Speaking to a Spanish newspaper his doctor explained the recent treatment he underwent:

“The objective is that this does not last any longer and that he can play Wimbledon."

Commenting further on Nadal and the injury, he said:

“It seems to me a spectacular thing, it would be a miracle for any normal person, but he is able to do it because he really is a different person. It's no longer that they numb your foot so you don't have pain and suddenly you can compete, it's accepting that challenge and then isolating yourself from all that feeling to later give you the opportunity to play several games with those conditions, also against very high level rivals."