The day of the grand final has arrived for Rafael Nadal, who landed in Paris a few weeks ago with doubts, after abandoning in Rome, just 10 days before Roland Garros.
The foot, the damn foot, the chronic pain.
Against all odds, the Spanish tennis player has endured the entire tournament and has come to fight for the title at the age of 36 and against a Norwegian, Casper Ruud, 23. Coincidences of life, it was June 5, 2005, an eternity ago , when he won his first Roland Garros.
This Sunday.
from 3:00 p.m. (Spanish peninsular time), you can close the circle.
Nadal said after the match against Djokovic that the public applauded him so much perhaps because he is aware that he will not set foot on Parisian soil many more times.
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The two players are already in the locker room tunnel waiting for the call to go out on the court.
Nadal runs, quiet Ruud.
He starts the countdown.
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Let us also remember Rafa Nadal's path to the grand final.
First round, Thompson: 2-6, 2-6, 2-6
Second round, Moutet: 3-6, 1-6, 4-6
Third round, Van De Zandschulp: 3-6, 2-6, 4-6
Fourth round, Auger-Aliassime: 6-3, 3-6, 2-6, 6-3, 3-6
Quarterfinals, Djokovic: 2-6, 6-4, 2-6, 6-7
Semifinals, Zverev: 7-6, 6-6 (German withdraws due to injury)
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Casper Ruud, number eight in the world, accumulates a balance throughout his career at Roland Garros of 13 wins and four losses, by Rafael Nadal's 111-3 aggregate of another world.
The Norwegian's best result in the Parisian tournament was the third round, which he reached in his last three appearances (2019, 2020 and 2021).
This has been his journey this time:
First round, Tsonga: 6-7, 7-6, 6-2, 7-6
Second round, Ruusuvuori: 6-3, 6-4, 6-2
Third round, Sonego: 6-2, 6-7, 1-6, 6-4, 6-3
Fourth round, Hurkacz: 6-2, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
Quarterfinals, Rune: 6-1, 4-6, 7-6, 6-3
Semifinals, Cilic: 3-6, 6-4, 6-2, 6-2
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listen to the body
To what extent is it worth it for an athlete to mortgage his physique?
Rafael Nadal's chronic injury reminds us that, in the final stretch of a professional career, many ask themselves that question
Professional sport is extremely tough.
To become an elite athlete the road is very long, with a huge amount of sacrifices on the way to our dreams.
The mental demand to which athletes are subjected is enormous, with a lifestyle in which every detail counts.
On a physical level, the body has to accompany us, loaded with injuries as a toll.
In that balance they face virtues and talent.
By Carla Suarez.
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Casper Ruud and the magnetic effect of Manacor
Since the opening of his academy in 2016, Nadal has attracted the center and inspired numerous professionals such as the Norwegian finalist, Osaka, Swiatek or Murray
Rafael Nadal says that he is thinking about tomorrow, although in reality, the tennis player began to design the after.
For a long time he has been exploiting his business facet ―advised by his agent and his father, especially―, and there are those who imagine him a future with a tie, but Nadal is tennis and tennis is Nadal.
So six years ago, in 2016, he fulfilled his great dream the day he uncovered that plate and shook hands with the Swiss Roger Federer.
The frame officially inaugurated the Rafa Nadal Academy, the education and training center that the player wanted, happy between rackets and young people.
One of them is Casper Ruud himself, who in 2018, at the age of 19, entered and shaped himself until landing in the current situation.
By Alejandro Ciriza.
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The sacred walks through the Sacré-Coeur
The day before the final I went up to Montmartre and now I am sure that this stealth, the same with which the great Norwegian player arrives at the event, will not fool Rafael
One of the things I enjoyed the most about my years on the circuit alongside Rafael was the day between matches at the Grand Slams.
In the other tournaments, you don't have time to savor the victory because right when you finish the match in which you are the winner you have to start thinking about the next one that is coming.
I remember that whether I was in London, New York, Melbourne or Paris, I used to get up very early to go for long walks around the city that allowed me both to enjoy and reflect.
By Tony Nadal
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The thirteen times Rafa Nadal lifted the Roland Garros cup
The sequence of his thirteen wins in a one-minute video that captures the evolution of the tennis player in the gesture of lifting the French trophy
A young tennis player who was only 19 years old won his first Roland Garros in 2005, one of the official tennis tournaments that make up the Grand Slam.
Last Friday, after getting his ticket to the 2022 Roland Garros final when his opponent, Alexandre Zverev, left the track due to injury, Nadal was already preparing for a new final.
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The chameleonic Nadal, before Ruud and history
The Majorcan, who lifted his first trophy in Paris on June 5, rises before the final against the Norwegian thanks to his virtue to metamorphose in the face of adversity.
History repeats itself in Paris, the commotion returns.
The tradition.
The races and the stress throughout the compound.
The journalists and all the workers of Roland Garros come and go because it is the prelude to the final and, above all, because the king returns to it, the admired and recognized champion ―“Rafa, Rafa, Rafa!”, the stands bellowed on Friday― who lost his place last year and wants to regain it this Sunday (3:00 p.m., Eurosport and DMAX) in the final against Casper Ruud.
Everything goes at full speed and in the end, not oblivious but abstracted, the one who handles the situation with greater aplomb is Nadal himself, who walks with a firm step and a good countenance through the space in which the special envoys work, mentally polishing how will address the big day and how to disarm the Norwegian, who is attending as a novice.
Wolf with sheep's skin.
By Alejandro Ciriza.
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Hello, good afternoon and welcome to the live broadcast of the match between Rafael Nadal and Casper Ruud that starts at 3:00 p.m.
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