2024-05-28 11:42:10
Did Rafael Nadal play his final match at Roland Garros?
That is in all probability what all followers of the tennis legend are asking after the practically 37-year-old Spaniard was knocked out within the first spherical in Paris.
It can’t be denied that the winner of 14 titles on this Grand Slam event gave every thing in line with his present capabilities, nevertheless it was not sufficient in opposition to the rediscovered Alexander Zverev. The Russian with a German passport gained 6:3, 7:6 (7:5), 6:3 and have become solely the third to defeat Nadal at Roland Garros, the place Rafael had 74 completely different tennis gamers as rivals. The others from the elite membership are Robin Soderling (Sw) and Novak Djokovic (Sr), who has accomplished it twice. It was solely Nadal’s fourth loss in Paris in 116 matches. In all of his earlier appearances, he has reached not less than the third spherical.
“You all understand how troublesome two years I went via earlier than I returned right here to my favourite place. Proper now I can not say 100% if this was my final match. In 2 months perhaps I’ll know that it’s, however now I believe that I truly need to have one other likelihood at Roland Garros. The vital factor is that I felt everybody’s love once more,” mentioned Nadal instantly after the match. He returned to this event after a break of 722 days, and is at the moment ranked 275th on this planet. To play in the principle scheme, the Spaniard makes use of the so-called protected rating from the interval earlier than the current accidents. The Spaniard’s 112 victories in only one Grand Slam event are an absolute file in tennis. Roger Federer (Switzerland) has 105 at Wimbledon.