(Stuttgart) Toni Nadal thinks his nephew Rafael will be able to play at Wimbledon, although his foot is still under treatment.
Posted at 10:44 a.m.
“Yes, Rafael is going to play at Wimbledon,” said Toni Nadal, still very close to his nephew, on the sidelines of the ATP tournament in Stuttgart. “If he has a small chance, he will play”.
Photo Thibault Camus, Associated Press
Toni Nadal, uncle of Spain’s Rafael Nadal watches the fourth round match between his nephew and Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime at the French Open tennis tournament in Roland Garros stadium in Paris, France, Sunday, May 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus )
“When we spoke yesterday [vendredi]he told me that it was much better, he wants to train, “said the Mallorcan’s uncle, who claims that the 36-year-old player – who won his 14th last weeke Roland-Garros tournament — will resume the racket next week.
Nadal has suffered for years from Müller-Weiss syndrome, a degenerative and incurable disease which is characterized by the deformation of one of the bones of the foot.
The Spanish champion revealed that he had to play the Roland-Garros final with an anesthetized foot but that he was not ready to repeat the experience at Wimbledon.