“No, don’t fret,” the 21-time grand slam champion replied. “Once I play, typically my foot pains me. If you happen to see me each single day, you would not be apprehensive. I all the time have ache in my foot, particularly after taking part in a three-hour match or an extended coaching. I find yourself strolling just a little bit badly.
“However I’ve a persistent damage which has no therapy. That is a part of my life, and that is the draw back of not with the ability to end the match earlier. Within the quick time period, I feel I’m tremendous, bodily talking, but in addition, talking about my ft, it has to adapt to competitors. It has to adapt to the stress that matches like at this time have on me.
“Within the quick therm, as I stated, it is tremendous, however I am additionally aware for tomorrow. It is just a little bit extra difficult as a result of tomorrow I can get up with extra issues and we have now to simply accept it and face it.”
Final 12 months alone, Nadal suffered from a again damage at the beginning of the season and was then compelled to overlook the second half of 2021 with a foot damage. That point out meant he was unable to compete at Wimbledon and the Olympics.
All these illnesses then solely made it all of the extra spectacular that he was capable of win his record-breaking twenty first grand slam on the Australian Open at the beginning of 2022 on his technique to a private finest 20-0 begin to a season.
