Former Grand Slam finalist Arnaud Clement doesn't believe Nadal should be viewed suspiciously after Roland Garros injection fiasco: "I have absolutely no doubts about the ethics of this player"

Former French player Arnaud Clement doesn't think Nadal's Roland Garros heroics should be called into question even if he played with a numb foot.

Some have suggested that Nadal's heroics at the 2022 Roland Garros should be questioned because he played on a numb foot. Nadal took daily injections to dull the pain he felt in his foot allowing him to play the event. It's not entirely unusual to what athletes do in other sports to be able to compete.

Clement certainly doesn't see anything wrong with it:

“I never asked myself the question in relation to Rafael Nadal, especially after the last Roland Garros, everything he did. In addition, he even almost made it public (about his treatment). So at some point, there are rules, we follow them or we go beyond them, but in no case, Rafael Nadal was on drugs, I believe. I have absolutely no doubts about the ethics of this player."

He added:

“It’s not because a player is particularly physical or athletic that he is doped. You have to be careful with this kind of shortcut. We could also see players who were taken for doping and we said to ourselves, ‘but no, not him, it’s weird’, because it’s not the physics we imagine for a doped guy.”