Rafa Nadal takes the field in the final of Roland Garros against Casper Ruud.
And while chasing his 14th success on the red clay of France, a race of indiscretions has taken place between social media and local media on a
possible announcement of withdrawal
by the Majorcan.
According to French media,
Nadal would have asked the organizers of the Grand Slam tournament to be able to hold an additional press conference
in which, according to rumors, he would have announced his farewell to him.
The unexpected arrival of
Roger Federer fueled this even more.
But the indiscretion was denied by the staff of the Spanish champion,
in particular from the head of communication, Benito Perez-Barbadillo, who wrote on his twitter account: "The information that appeared in some media regarding the request for a second press conference by Rafael Nadal is completely false".
The case seems closed for the moment.
The 36-year-old Majorcan has also recently repeated "I don't know if it's my last Roland Garros": for years the champion has suffered from Müller-Weiss syndrome, a problem in the bones of his foot that has always caused him a lot of pain .