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Nadal: "I don’t know when I’m going to be able to come back to the practice court, but I’m going to stop for a while"
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5/19/2023
Rafael Nadal has announced that he will stop playing tennis for a couple of months in order to 'say goodbye' to tournaments while on tour in 2024.
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three basic messages that's why I am here today.
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First thing, I'm not going to be able to play in Roland-Garros, as you know.
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I was even working as much as possible every single day for the last four months.
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It had been very difficult months because we were not able to find the solution to the
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problem that I had in Australia.
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So today I'm still in the position that I am not able to feel myself ready to compete
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at the standards that I need to be to play at Roland-Garros.
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I'm not the guy that's going to be in Roland-Garros.
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Just try to be there and put myself in a position that I don't like to be in.
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Second thing, after a couple of years, that of course in terms of results have been very
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positive because I was able to win a couple of Grand Slams and another couple of important
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tournaments.
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The real situation is I was not able to enjoy my diary work.
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After the pandemic, my body was not able to hold the practices and to hold the diary work
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in a good way.
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So I was not able to enjoy the practices and the competition because there were too many
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problems, too many times having to stop for physical issues and too many days of going
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here practicing but with too much pain.
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So after that, I need to stop.
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I need to stop for a while so my decision is to stop.
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I don't know when I'm going to be able to come back to the practice court but I'm going
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to stop for a while, maybe two months, maybe one month and a half, maybe three months,
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maybe four months.
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I don't know.
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I am not the guy who likes to predict a lot of the future so I'm just following my personal
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feelings and just following what I really believe is the right thing to do for my body
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and for my personal happiness.
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So that's the thing.
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I don't want to put myself in a position to say one thing and then do another thing but
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my goal and my ambition is to try to stop, to give myself an opportunity to enjoy next
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year that's probably going to be my last year in a professional tour.
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That's my idea even that I can't say 100% that's going to be like this because you never
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know what can happen.
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My idea and my motivation is to try to enjoy and try to say goodbye of all the tournaments
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that have been important for me in my tennis career during this year and just try to enjoy
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that, being competitive and enjoying being on court, something that today is not possible.
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I really believe that if I keep going now I will not be able to make that happen.
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I don't know if I stop if I will be able to make that happen but I think the chances are
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much higher if I stop.
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