The tennis player ended the quarantine this Friday, and was enabled to play the Australian Open. You can train outside for the first round of doubles.
After 14 days in confinement, what seemed like a long wait ended. The number one racket in the country, Chelo Arévalo, ended the total quarantine to which he was subjected in Australia this Friday, after the flight in which he traveled carried passengers infected with Covid19.
However, the national thus ended the restrictions that made it impossible for him to train outdoors, during all this time, in which he only trained in his hotel room. Now, you can resume the schedule to practice on the outside courts.
“It was a new experience, which we did not take into account. We came with the mentality that we were going to do the quarantine, the 14 days, but we were going to have the opportunity to go out five hours a day to be able to carry out our necessary activities: tennis, physical preparation, recovery, nutrition, “he said from Australia.
“Unfortunately, I was unlucky because the flight I traveled on had almost positive and we were considered close contacts. And they took away the privilege of those five hours a day. I had to stay in the room, unable to get out at all, “he recalled.
As for what this situation left him, he added: “The experience helped me to reflect a lot, to value the time one has on the field, even if it is an hour or two. You have to do the best you can, when you can put one foot on the court, one foot outside, to take advantage of the time ”.
Jean-Julien Rojer (left) Marcelo Arevalo’s doubles pair. INDES Photo
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“It gave me time to analyze where I was standing, to set new goals for 2021. I also analyzed the good and bad games of 2020, and see where we can improve. They were 15 quite productive days, where I analyzed myself and set myself new challenges for the year, ”reiterated Arevalo.
Now, the sonsonateco only has to work these days as best he can, to face the challenge of the first Grand Slam of the season. “The time lost is not going to be made up. We are going to try to train as intelligently as possible, not to get carried away by the emotion that we are now free and we can train, because the body of an athlete of being always active -and spending 15 days practically without activity- runs a lot of risk of being able to injuring himself, not being able to resume physical activities as he normally does ”.
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“The recommendations of my physical trainer and my tennis coach are that I start the first two days soft, adjust little by little the ball, the speed, the movements of the tennis court, and that I do not get excited to train 3- 4 hours to gain that lost time, that it is better to be healthy, without injuries ”, he considered.
Chelo stated that “the time that was lost, was lost, you have to accept it and prepare these 2-3 days for the competition, to try to arrive in the best possible way, with the conditions that have been had.”
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