While everyone had given up on Rafael Nadal due to his precarious physical condition and the very low number of matches played to come back from his foot injury, he slowly worked his way up the Australian Open table. until he pushes himself to victory with a masterful feat.
With dedication, tenacity and a spirit of sacrifice, the Spaniard has elbowed between current and future tennis champions such as Matteo Berrettini or Daniil Medvedev, fighting with all his might even when the latter seemed to fail.
The Mallorcan may have benefited from the absence especially of Novak Djokovic (given that Roger Federer has been out for some time now), but winning the twenty-first Grand Slam of his career in a precarious physical and athletic state is just bread for champions.
A success, that of the Australian Open, which also allowed Nadal to become, with the Serb, the only player of the Open era to win all the Grand Slams more than once and such results continue to happen even with advancing age.
But what is the secret of his sporting longevity?
Rafael Nadal: ‘False humility is useless’
The answer to this question was given by Rafa Nadal himself, who spoke on the sidelines of the event: “It is important to have real inner humility, not false humility, accepting that it is not is not always good, bad times are better tolerated.
One of the keys that keeps me playing tennis today is that I tolerated success and failure equally. Nothing is so great and nothing is so bad; there are good times and bad times.
On an emotional level, you have to keep a middle line” Nadal then explained the fundamental importance of leading a healthy life, which affects all aspects of daily life: “I say and I always believe that everything can be improved, and days like today help us do that, yes.
A broader knowledge of the things we need. Especially to be able to enjoy life. But without health, it becomes impossible, that’s the reality.”
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