“You can never, ever write him off,” Barbara Schett backs up Rafael Nadal ‘to still be dangerous’ ahead of US Open 2022
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At the ongoing Cincinnati Open, Rafael Nadal was sent packing by Borna Coric with a compelling score of 7-6(11-9), 4-6, 6-3 nevertheless, Barbara Schett, a Eurosport expert provides us with a brief insight of how the Spaniard, even though not performing at his level best at the upcoming US Open, can deem dangerous and believes the tennis legend cannot be written off.
The 22-time Grand Slam champion was ousted by Borna Coric out of the Cincinnati Open where Nadal was seen in action for the first time after his retirement against Nick Kyrgios in the semifinals of Wimbledon earlier in July due to an abdominal tear lasting six weeks, taking a toll on Rafa’s overall performance.
“One thing is for sure, when he’s on the court, he will always try everything. Against Borna, unfortunately for him, it wasn’t enough,” said Barbara while discussing the Spaniard’s upcoming appearance at US Open as quoted by Eurosport. Schett is under the distinct belief that Spain’s Raging Bull can be “dangerous again”, additionally stating, “We’ve seen this year playing the best tennis of his life. You can never, ever write him off.”
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The Eurosport expert went on to highlight the strains of an abdominal injury and the severe impact it places on a player’s overall game and performance is not facile. Reoccurrence of the same is highly likely if the player doesn’t treat himself with enough rest and care to recover and that’s exactly what she believes we witnessed at the courts of Southern & Western Open.
“And I think that’s what we’ve seen on Wednesday. When he played against Coric, he was a little bit uncertain how the body was going to hold up. And for sure he’s going to feel better and better,” she said.
Schett while discussing the King of Clay’s injury also went on to fully help the tennis community comprehend the importance of the core muscles placed in the region of abdominal, elaborating how it’s much more difficult to serve and smash in a game due to the excessive constraint put on the aforementioned body part and that the player ought to stay more cautious when dealing with a tear as such.
“If everything is fine because you don’t want to muck around with a stomach muscle injury, especially when you have a tear there,” she concluded.
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