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"We have to see how I am feeling": Rafael Nadal still uncertain if he will play during Davis Cup send-off
ATPFriday, 15 November 2024 at 21:35
Rafael Nadal is the greatest legend of Spanish tennis and a world reference in the universal sport. This week he will play the last competition of his career at the Davis Cup Finals.
It will be in Malaga, in the Martin Carpena, representing Spain and accompanied by Carlos Alcaraz, Pedro Martinez, Roberto Bautista Agut and Marcel Granollers, captained by David Ferrer albeit will he or won't he play? That is the question.
"More or less I have been able to make a good preparation, that's why I'm here. You have to look at the day to day, I have not competed for some time and the reality is that I want to live this week in whatever way I can. And in that sense, with the illusion of closing a very beautiful and long stage of my life, living these last moments with illusion, with normality too, and well, from the acceptance of what is all a beginning and an end," he said.
"I think my first great joy as a professional tennis player was the Davis Cup in 2004. So, as circumstances have given me the opportunity to be here. First we have to see how I am feeling these days in training, and if I really do not see myself ready to have options to win the singles, I am the first one who will not want to play. If I don't see myself ready, then I am the first one who will talk to the captain. I have already told David on many occasions, not to make any decision based on what is my last week as a professional tennis player.
"Of course there are options, there are always options. What happens is that they are difficult surfaces, it's a fast surface, but well, anything can happen and I can't ask for anything more. I am more than grateful and satisfied with everything that has happened to me during all these years. Now what I would like is obviously that the team works well and have options to win one more Davis Cup, either playing or cheering from the stands sincerely. I'm here to live this week with illusion and then we'll see what happens."
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