Nadal, closer to Wimbledon: "The sensations of now tell me that there are possibilities to play"

Ten days before the start of Wimbledon, the presence of Rafael Nadal wins integers.

The tennis player, recent winner at Roland Garros and the Australian Open at the beginning of the year, continues to treat his left foot and tests himself after undergoing a new radiofrequency treatment that, “for the moment”, he says, “is being satisfactory.

He has allowed me to train and for me this is already a breakthrough”.

However, the Mallorcan neither agrees nor denies.

His participation in the British tournament (from June 27 to July 10) is gaining momentum and the final decision will be delayed until next week.

Nadal, 36, will take a flight to London on Monday to play the Hurlingham exhibition and, once that last test has been completed, he will maneuver in one direction or another.

At the moment, the Balearic's left foot, the evil that has given him so many headaches throughout his career and especially in recent times, is progressing in the right direction.

This was confirmed this Friday by the athlete, who in recent days has exercised at the Mallorca Country Club facilities;

a club that has grass courts identical to those of Wimbledon.

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“It is not a hundred percent immediate thing, but changes are noticeable.

I have noticed them.

The sensations are a bit strange, if I'm honest;

The joint pain that did not let me support me has decreased.

With this treatment, sometimes one part of my foot goes numb and sometimes another;

I have

on my foot, but it seems to be normal.

Apparently, after a few weeks the nerve is reorganized, and let's hope that when this is reorganized everything will be fine.

I haven't been lame for a week.

I am happy.

I have suffered pain, different from what I had, but for me it is already a step forward”, expressed the Balearic to the question of EL PAÍS.

In any case, Nadal chooses to be cautious given the background and will not decide until the last minute.

The tennis player from Manacor traveled to Barcelona on June 7, just two days after raising his 14th trophy in Paris, and there he underwent a new reparative technique at the Teknon clinic that consists of "pulses on the peripheral nerves" with the aim to numb them and thus reduce pain.

Later, he repeated.

It should be remembered that Nadal has suffered from a congenital scaphoid injury (Müller Weiss syndrome) since the beginning of his professional career;

Last year he was forced to stop for more than half a year and this year he was hit in Rome, just before Roland Garros.

“My intention is to try to play Wimbledon if there is any chance, and the feeling this week tells me there is a chance.

My intention is to travel there;

if as the days go by things don't go as we expect, we'll see what happens”, said the Spaniard, currently number four in the world;

“But this is not a mathematical thing.

In Medicine there are no things one hundred percent, and I can only speak of what I am sure of;

what I don't know, no.

Two sessions have been held, and at the moment the evolution, in my opinion, is being satisfactory;

what can happen in five days…”.

This season, Nadal has recorded 30 wins and only three losses.

His 2022 is synthesized in the titles of Melbourne, Australian Open, Acapulco and Roland Garros, in addition to the final that he lost in Indian Wells against the American Taylor Fritz.

“Every day I have been improving at the level of tennis sensations.

If all goes well, I have a week of training left in London and if I can complete it, I hope to be competitive.

Grass is a very difficult surface, and when you haven't played for years, as is my case [the last time I competed there was in 2019], any round is difficult.

The beginning of the tournament for me is going to be vital.

The normal thing is that the rivals are more difficult at the beginning.

It's also about picking up the pace.

I trust things will go well,” he concluded.

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