“
It may be my last match at Roland-Garros
” and “
I would like to play it during the day
”, Rafael Nadal said on Sunday evening of his top quarter-final against world No.1 Novak Djokovic scheduled tuesday.
“
I prefer to play by day, I know Roland-Garros by day, and it's also true that I'm aware that I don't know what can happen next year.
Every time I play here I am aware that it may be my last match in this tournament.
In a year, a lot happens, and at this stage of my life and my career, with everything I have, anything can happen
,” explained the Spaniard, who turns 36 on Friday.
His foot injury, a real obstacle
“
I hope that won't be the case, that I can continue to come for many years, but I'm also very aware that it's a possibility, if things don't go my way, that this will be my last match here at Roland-Garros.
That's why I would like to play it during the day
, ”continued the Mallorcan, thirteen times winner on Parisian clay.
“
I am in the quarter-finals of Roland-Garros.
Two and a half weeks ago, although I was hopeful, I didn't even know if I would be able to be here.
So I'm enjoying being here another year.
And honestly, every game I play here, I don't know if it's not my last game at Roland-Garros
,” he also said.
“
I again went through a difficult period with my foot (left, from which it has suffered for more than fifteen years, editor's note), so I don't know what can happen in the near future with regard to my career.
That's why I just try to enjoy as much as possible and fight as much as I can to keep living my dream
,” Nadal concluded.