Rafael Nadal discusses a new perspective on life upon becoming a father
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Tennis icon Rafael Nadal, “the new father in town” has given some insightful thoughts about life after becoming a father for the very first time. He was answering some questions during the exhibition event with Casper Ruud in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. The duo are on a Latin American tour since November 23.
He mentioned this phase of his life as a “new world” and how different it is to see someone being completely dependent on him. He also mentioned this as a learning phase. As in his words, “A new world, with a very different pressure of knowing that a person depends on you. It’s no different for me than for others.”
Continuing his train of thought, he continued on how important it is to suffer for our next generation and how excited he had been for these first months as a father, “We all suffer for our children, we try to make sure they are as well as possible. In this sense, I also learn. It’s the first time, and I’m trying to make the most of this new stage of my life”. (Translated via Google, source: We love Tennis)
Rafael Nadal’s incredible 2022
Apart from becoming a father for the first, Rafael Nadal has had an incredible season winning two majors, including the redemption in Melbourne after waiting for 13 years. The Australian Open run itself is enough to make the season remarkable for Rafael Nadal and his fans. This was added by a 14th crown in Roland Garros.
Later, after winning the ATP-500 Acapulco open and being 20-0 in the season leading to the Indian wells, Masters final, he suffered a rib injury and lost to Taylor Fritz. Then after taking some weeks off, he showed the world why he is the undisputed king of clay in the Parisian dirt by defeating Felix-Auger Aliassime in a 5-set thriller in the quarter-finals followed by revenge against the Serbian Great Novak Djokovic in 4 sets in the semi-final. The final was a cakewalk as he thrashed Casper Ruud in straights.
However, he had to withdraw from the Wimbledon semi-finals due to an abdomen injury. Nadal’s abdomen tear is still not completely healed, as is clear from the shocking loss to Frances Tiafoe in the Pre-Quarter Final of the US Open. He played the tournament with a changed serving motion to save his abdomen from further tears, but didn’t work out quite well.
After 4 consecutive losses, starting with the US Open defeat, the Spaniard was finally back on the winning notes in the final round-robin match of the ATP finals against Casper Ruud. The Tennis world is looking forward to seeing how Rafael Nadal will cope up
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