Mil gracias a todos Many thanks to all Merci beaucoup à tous Grazie mille à tutti 谢谢大家 شكرا لكم جميعا תודה לכולכם Obrigado a todos Vielen Dank euch allen Tack alla Хвала свима Gràcies a tots
Nadal's secret pain: tennis legend played with discomfort for over a decade
ATPSunday, 13 October 2024 at 14:52
The uncle of former world number one Rafael Nadal, Toni Nadal, has revealed that the legendary tennis star played tennis with pain from 2005 onwards. The 38-year-old is regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of men’s tennis in the singles category, having won as many as 22 Grand Slam titles. Fourteen of those major titles came while playing at the Roland Garros which is why he is also known as the ‘King of Clay’.
Nadal has recently announced retirement from professional tennis in a video that was shared on the social media platform. The former world number one struggled with fitness concerns throughout the later stages of his career and missed six out of eight Grand Slams in the last two years. The legendary Spaniard returned to the court earlier this year after a gap of nearly 12 months, and while staying on the sidelines last year, he announced that he would retire from professional tennis at the end of the 2024 season.
Nadal’s uncle, Toni, was recently quoted in a report where he revealed that the 22-time Grand Slam winner has played the majority of his career with pain. He also stated Nadal could not finish a single training session without having painkillers since 2005.
“Rafael got used to playing with pain, but I told his father that if we had retired every time he had problems he could already take away five or six titles from the 'Grand Slam'. Since 2005, he has been practically unable to finish a training, unable to play a 'Grand Slam' game without taking painkillers. The problem he had is that he got used to playing with pain and saw how most of the time he came out strengthened. He thought that this time it would be the same and what happens is that now after the knee, it came to his hip.”
claps 0visitors 88
Just In
Popular News
Latest Comments
- Rybakina is back!!
mandoist21-12-2024 - She sems to have a turbulent relationship with The Truth. Not even smartenough to make an excuse like "I severely twisted my ankle yesterday" -- then be seen shopping in some city next day while "recuperating"!mandoist21-12-2024
- Why do you even publish this TwatCaster's PATHETIC stunt for attention? There's plenty of reasons why imbeciles like him are 'talking' and people like Iga Swiatek are 'walking the walk'. Tennisuptodate should be above this tripe.mandoist16-12-2024
- If and when Political Correctness and gullible hearts over-rule BIOLOGY, the Human world begins its already seeming decline.mandoist15-12-2024
- The new generation has arrived and these guys need to do it with the left overs.
AceOfBase13-12-2024 - Every young, inexperiend CEO has "better" ideas (and friends to hire).mandoist12-12-2024
- What a load of nonsense. Emotional stress definitely didn’t cause her wrist or ankle injuries.Lyca10-12-2024
- Taylor Fritz 🎾 – the surprising third for many. 🎄 A great Christmas tree quiz question! 🎅✨MrAndreeva10-12-2024
- Simona Halep taking the axe out 🪓😮💨MrAndreeva08-12-2024
- ITIA is literally a Secret Organization. Way past time for a neutral entity to oversee, if not guide, these Elitists within ITIA whom enjoy their ability to keep their "investigations" in a business as usual format behind closed doors!!mandoist08-12-2024
