Nadal is injured and his future at Wimbledon is unknown. AFP / Glyn Kirk.
The tennis world was stunned by Rafael Nadal’s victory against Taylor Fritza new example of his enormous fighting spirit and his ability to overcome adversity, as in this case an abdominal injury who questions his presence in the Wimbledon semi-finals against Nick Kyrgios.
However, there are those who do not believe in this situation, arguing that the Spaniard has pretended to deconcentrate his rival and you end up tipping the scales in your favor.
One of them was Fabio Fognini, used to getting into controversy. Without going that far, he left an enigmatic post on his he Instagram account, accompanied by a screenshot from a press article: “Guys, stop believing everything you read. PLEASE !!!”Shot.
Fognini’s post against Nadal. IG @fabiofogna
Furthermore, he mentioned the duration of the game, 4 hours and 20 minutes, implying that, being injured, it is impossible to play, run and fight for that long as did Rafael.
It is not the first time that these two tennis players are confronted with this style. In 2015, in the final of the ATP 500 in Hamburg, the Italian approached the Majorcan in exchange for the team and criticized him for the time it took to serve: “Don’t break my balls if you always do the same thing, every time. Don’t talk to me. Always do the same thing, always the same thing.”
Then, during the 2020 Australian Open, he accused Brazilian referee Carlos Bernardes of treating Nadal and Federer differently from the rest of the players on the circuit.
Fognini’s post, which calms the controversy over Nadal’s injury. IG @fabiofogna
In any case, returning to the present, the Sanremo one overturned his first post and tried to quell the controversy with a new publication: “Dear journalist friends, I want to inform you that I have never applied to a champion like Rafa and I have never could afford. It’s time for them to stop writing everything they want the wrong way. I wish Rafa and all her team at Wimbledon the best of luck. “he concluded.
What will happen to Nadal?
“I don’t know what I have, but I know something is wrong. I have to do some tests and then make a decision. Tomorrow, I suppose, I will know something more,” Nadal said at a press conference after his victory over Fritz. News came in this Thursday and it’s not going well at all.
As reported by the Daily brandingthe Spanish suffered a 7mm tear in one of his abdominal muscles, something he himself suspected after hearing whiplash during the quarterfinals, especially on serve.
Despite the injury, Nadal moved on to the Wimbledon semi-finals. AP / Kirsty Wigglesworth.
However, his presence against Kyrgios is not excluded. He hasn’t made any decisions public yet, but he could be seen training on one of the All England Club’s auxiliary fields and it turns out he wants to give himself a chance to hit the track on Friday.
It would not be the first time he has come forward to play such an important game in these conditions. It also happened against Juan Martin Del Potro in the semifinals of the 2009 US Open, a tournament that would end with a 20mm break. The defeat against Delpo was sensational: 6-2, 6-2 and 6-2.
In this context, it seems unlikely that he will win two more games, against Kyrgios and Djokovic or Norrie to continue dreaming of the Grand Slam. Difficult yes, but not for a single athlete who does not believe in the impossible.
Source: Clarin
