Roland-Garros

Stuttgart (AFP)
Toni Nadal, the uncle of tennis star Rafael and his former coach, believes that the latter, who finally won the French Grand Slam for the 14th time in his career, appears to be on his way to play at Wimbledon at the same time that he continues to undergo treatment for a problem in his foot.
“Rafa”, ranked fourth in the world and winning 22 major titles in his career, is undergoing a “record” treatment for a nerve problem in his left foot that forced him to play with pain for many years.
“Yes, Rafael will play at Wimbledon,” said Tony, who oversaw the “Matador” for many years on the sidelines of the German ATP Stuttgart tennis tournament.
He added: He plans to train in preparation for the Mallorca Open on Monday.
Tony referred to the success of Rafa’s treatment, stressing, “When we spoke yesterday, he said that things are going better. He wants to train, and he concluded: If he has a small chance, he will play at Wimbledon.
The 36-year-old Spaniard said following his victory in Paris that he had overcome the pain caused by Muller-Weiss syndrome, a rare and degenerative condition that affects the bones of the foot, at the French Open by giving injections and painkillers before each match.
Wimbledon begins on the 27th of this month.

Anwar Ibrahim (Cairo)
Spanish tennis star Rafael Nadal did not imagine, while watching the Champions League final match between his favorite team Real Madrid and Liverpool, that he would be on a date with the crowning of the Royal Club in the 14th edition in its history of this tournament, at the Stade de France in the French capital. Paris .. But this actually happened on the ground while he was sitting in the stadium stands to follow the European final, and it seems that what happened to Real was a good omen for him, as hardly several days passed, except that he himself was at the forefront of the global sports scene, and this time On the tennis courts in the Roland Garros complex in Paris, to practice his favorite hobby in winning this French championship, which falls within the Grand Slam tournaments, and fight in it from its inception until he finally won its cup, and for the 14th time, as if his tongue was saying: Just as Real was a champion of the Champions League 14, I am also a 14-time Roland Garros champion.
Nadal’s history in the Roland Garros tournament, as well as in other Grand Prix tennis tournaments, is very honorable, and despite his relatively large age “36 years”, he managed to advance to fourth place in the world rankings following defeating the Norwegian Casper Ruud in the final match of the Roland Garros tournament. 3/0 (6/3, 6/3, 6/0), in a match that lasted two hours and twenty minutes, and only the Serbian Novak Djokovic, who was first in the rankings, who Nadal managed to oust in the quarter-finals of the tournament, and the Russian Daniil Medvedev in the world rankings. The second world number one and German Alexander Zverev, who was also eliminated from the semi-finals, following being injured once morest Spanish “Matador” Nadal.
Since 2005, Nadal has monopolized the French championship and has become the most winning tennis player in it, to the extent that the French administration of this tournament erected him in the Roland Garros sports complex, last year, a stainless steel statue weighing 800 kilograms.

Nadal’s victories continued in this tournament from 2005, then 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2020, 2022, a record that no one has reached since the start of this prestigious French championship in 1891. The total of Nadal’s victories in the matches of this tournament since he started participating in it is 112, and he has lost only 3 times.
Just as Nadal excelled on clay “sand” courts, he also excelled on grass and hard courts, but he excelled more in sandy, and Nadal collected throughout his long history with tennis 22 titles, (two titles in Wimbledon, two titles in the Australian Open, and 4 titles in the championship The US Open) in addition to the 14 titles he won at Roland Garros.

Paris (dpa)

Veteran Spanish tennis star Rafael Nadal said he would not rule out participating in the English Open, Wimbledon, later this month.
Nadal crowned his fourteenth title in the men’s singles competitions at the French Open “Roland Garros”, the second of the four Grand Slam tournaments this season, to enhance his record as the most player to win the title.
“I’d be at Wimbledon if my body was ready to be there. It’s a competition I don’t want to miss,” said Nadal, who also cemented his record for the most titles in the Whites’ four Grand Slam titles, with 22 titles.
Nadal’s participation in the grasscourt tournament will depend on the possibility of recovering from the chronic injury he suffers from in his foot.
Nadal explained that he played the Roland Garros final once morest Norway’s Casper Ruud with a drugged foot, following he underwent a series of injections throughout the tournament, although he revealed that he was not willing to undergo a similar procedure once more.
Nadal emphasized that participation in Wimbledon is a priority for me, it has always been a priority. If you are able to play with anti-inflammatories, yes. As for playing with anesthetic injections, I don’t want to put myself in this position once more. It can happen once but it is not the life philosophy I want to follow.
A few months before winning this year’s Australian Open, Nadal was considering retiring following a problem with his foot resurfaced during his career.
The Spanish star missed most of the 2021 season, including the Tokyo Olympics, but he was positive regarding a possible trip to London to participate in Wimbledon, which begins on June 27.
“I’m always a positive guy and I always expect things to go in the right direction,” Nadal stressed.