Rafael Nadal still does not take for granted his participation in the Wimbledon tournament, third Grand Slam of the season, in just over two weeks.
The Spaniard was defeated in the Roland Garros semi-final by world number 1 Novak Djokovic, which prevented him from achieving his goal of reaching his 14th triumph in Paris, and guarantees that he will only decide after a few days of vacation. «We’ll soon see what the next tournament will be. This Saturday I will be at home with family and some friends. I will try to rest both physically and mentally after two intense months, in a season of positive dirt, even though I haven’t achieved the biggest goal. After fighting week after week for two months, the body breaks down. Wimbledon is played within two weeks. It’s different from when you were 25, 26 or 27 years old. Now I’m 35. You have to see how I recover before deciding whether or not to play at Wimbledon. Right now I’m not able to make a decision, because I don’t have the physical or the mental readiness to think two weeks ahead. I need to give myself a few days of vacation and tranquility,” explained the Spaniard.
‘Rafa’, who would defend the 2019 semi-finals in London, when he gave in to Roger Federer – the tournament did not take place last year -, had already called into question in May his presence at the Olympic Games: «In a normal year, I have I’ve always been very aware of my calendar since January, but this year it’s different. You have to be flexible. In a normal world, I would never think of missing the Olympic Games. Everyone knows how important they are to me. In this pandemic situation, I don’t know. We’ll see in a few months.”
Tokyo breaks the normal calendar of the season, leading up to the season of hard court, with the Masters 1000 from Canada and Cincinatti, and ending with the US Open, fourth and final Grand Slam of the year.
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