It is not believed that Nadal will not play Roland Garros
Former tennis player Andy Roddick criticized Rafa Nadal’s way of expressing himself and does not believe his words about Roland Garros
Recovery of Rafael Nadal after the most serious injury of his career and his ability to overcome the physical problems encountered in 2024 It has led to praise from many teammates and former tennis players, but there are also those who do not believe the Balearic Islander and choose to criticize him. A former number one in the ATP ranking as Andy Roddickwho shared some years of career with Nadaldemonstrated his distrust in the Balearic Islands, in the face of his possible non-participation in Roland Garros if you don’t look fit.
Roddickwith a professional career in which his degree in the US Open 2003surpassing the Juan Carlos Ferrero in the final, he retired from tennis more than a decade ago and is currently in the news for his weekly podcast, ‘Served With Andy Roddick‘, in which he analyzes current tennis news. Rafael Nadal It is one of the recurring themes in recent weeks, in his more than likely year of farewell to the competition.
In reference to the words by Rafa Nadal In the run-up to his debut in Madrid, where the Manacorí was pessimistic about his physical condition, Andy Roddick He did not hesitate to say that he did not believe what the 22-time champion in tournaments said then. Grand Slam. «At the beginning of the tournament –Mutua Madrid Open– he said something like ‘if I feel the way I feel physically now, without knowing what I have, I don’t know if I will play Roland Garros.’ I that I tend not to believe it», commented Roddick, who left a strong sentence below. “I think that Rafa is a master at under-promising and over-delivering.».
Criticism of the way of expressing oneself publicly Rafael Nadal continued by Roddick, who, at least, cannot be denied the sincerity in his words. «During his best era, he was going to play the first round of Roland Garros against someone who was ranked 70 or so in the world ranking and he said like: ‘I don’t know, it can fall from anywhere‘”, commented the American, liking it. «I thought: ‘No, probably not. He’s probably going to fall on your side,’ he added, jokingly, Andywho on the other hand acknowledged being moved to see the reception and the atmosphere experienced in the duel between Nadal and De Minaur in the Magic Box.
Roddick sees Nadal ready for Roland Garros
After not competing since the beginning of January and arriving very short of form and confidence for the gravel season, which has already begun – he missed Monte Carlo -, the preparation of Rafael Nadal for Roland Garrosbeyond her 38 years, is far from being ideal, but Andy Roddick He does believe that his time may come. «It is not the perfect preparation“But if he wins two or three games in Rome it will be the best possible considering where he was a few weeks ago,” comments the man who is for many the best server of the last 20 years.
“I think that The result in Madrid was a 10 out of 10 for Nadal, beyond the tribute and the applause from the stands. He has played the maximum number of games that he would want to play in Madrid. If you ask the team what they would have wanted, they would surely tell you: to see Rafa physically fit during a long game, and that happened with Cachín; also that he wins an easy match, like that of Darwin Blanch; and let him play moments of tension, of which there were many,” he completed. Andy Roddickwho although he does not trust Nadal’s words, does trust the tennis player’s talent and his ability after seeing the Mutua Madrid Open.