Rafael Nadal ready for painful French Open campaign
Rafael Nadal is hoping his chronic foot problem will ease sufficiently to allow him to challenge for a 14th French Open title.
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'Nothing to recover': Nadal dismisses doubts over foot injury
Rafael Nadal has played down concerns over the chronic foot issue that resurfaced in Rome last week as he prepares to launch his bid for a 14th French Open title. The Spaniard limped to a third-round loss to Denis Shapovalov at the Italian Open, but practised in front of thousands of fans at Roland Garros on Wednesday without any obvious discomfort. "There is nothing to recover," Nadal told reporters Friday.
Rafael Nadal hoping to win 14th French Open title despite chronic foot problem
Rafael Nadal is hoping his chronic foot problem will ease sufficiently to allow him to challenge for a 14th French Open title.
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Rafael Nadal has won the French Open in all kinds of ways. He’s won it as a teenager, he’s won it without dropping a set, he’s won it as the overwhelming favourite, he’s won it against Roger Federer, he’s won it against Novak Djokovic, he’s won it against Robin Soderling. Only once has he won it without winning another clay event beforehand that season, and that was in 2020 when the French Open was pushed back to October.
Watch: Rafael Nadal Tests Injury In Front Of Packed French Open Stands
Rafael Nadal tested out his injured foot in his first practice at the French Open on Wednesday without any obvious discomfort. Nadal, the 13-time champion at Roland Garros, delighted fans who packed two sides of the 15,000-capacity Court Philippe Chatrier in the baking Paris sun. Welcomed by the watching Stefanos Tsitsipas, the world number four who was runner-up at the tournament in 2021, Nadal hit with Spanish compatriot Jaume Munar. It was the 35-year-old Nadal's first public appearance since suffering a recurrence of a chronic foot injury in his Italian Open third round loss to Denis Shapovalov last week.
Nadal aterriza y entrena en París
De la ilusión al miedo y, de nuevo, a la casilla de salida. Cerca de las 18:00 de la tarde de hoy, Rafa Nadal dejaba. El balear, en medio de una gran ovación, salía a la Philippe-Chatrier, la pista central de Roland Garros, para preparar su debut en Francia. Pese a caer en el Masters 1.000 de Roma con mucho dolor en el pie izquierdo, debido a su lesión crónica (síndrome de Müller-Weiss), el tenista español tenía clara su presencia en el Grand Slam que ha ganado 13 veces. "¿Si voy a ir a Roland Garros? No estoy lesionado. Soy un jugador que vive con una lesión constante", remarcaba tras caer frente a Denis Shapovalov en Italia.
Nadal tests injury in front of packed French Open stands
Rafael Nadal tested out his injured foot in his first practice at the French Open on Wednesday without any obvious discomfort.
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