Spain’s Rafael Nadal reacts after losing a point during his match against Belgium’s Zizou Bergs at the Italian Open tennis tournament, in Rome, Thursday, May 9, 2024. ARCHIVO - Rafael Nadal celebra tras ganar el primer set ante Alexander Zverev en su semifinal del Abierto de Francia, el viernes 3 de junio de 2022. Spain’s Rafael Nadal reacts after losing a point during his match against Belgium’s Zizou Bergs at the Italian Open tennis tournament, in Rome, Thursday, May 9, 2024.
Nadal has missed much of the last two seasons because of hip and abdominal muscle issues, and he is just 7-4 in 2024. There had been some doubt after a lopsided loss at the Italian Open two weeks ago whether he would even enter the clay-court event in Paris at all. But he did show up, and has been practicing this week. Nadal, who turns 38 on June 3, was drawn to face No. 4 seed Alexander Zverev in a showdown that will be everyone’s focus on Monday, Day 2 of the tournament.
Asked Saturday whether he had decided if this will be his final French Open, given that everyone is assuming it will be, Nadal smiled and replied: “Don’t assume that.” “It’s a big, big chance that it’s going to be my last Roland Garros,” he said. “But if I have to tell you it’s 100% my last Roland Garros, sorry, but I will not. Because I cannot predict what’s going on.”
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