Riaan Nazi ezinye izitho zomzimba ukuthi u-Rafael Nadal uklebhule: imisipha yakhe, nama-quadriceps akhe. Umthambo wakhe we-patellar wesokunxele, isisu, kanye ne-costal arch yesokunxele. Isisu sakhe futhi. Ubhekane ne-tendinitis, isifo sokuqaqamba kwamalunga, nezinkinga eziphindaphindwayo ngezihlakala zombili. Unezinkinga zenyonga. Ngonyaka odlule, e-Indian Wells, yena wephuka ubambo maphakathi nomdlalo wakhe owandulela owamanqamu. Wawunqoba lowo mdlalo, wabe esephuma wadlala owamanqamu. “Bengingakwazi ukuphefumula kodwa nginqume ukudlala umdlalo wamanqamu ngoba bangitshele ukuthi mhlawumbe wukuxhuga kwemisipha,” esho ngemuva kwalokho. Izinto ezijwayelekile.
Ngemva kokuthola umbono wesibili kanye nokuxilongwa okufanele, uNadal wathatha ikhefu lamasonto ayisithupha. Ubuye maphakathi nesizini yakhe yobumba ayithandayo, futhi walahlekelwa ngendlela engafanele emiqhudelwaneni yaseMadrid naseRoma. Wabe eseya eParis, edabukile futhi edabukile futhi ehlanganiswe yi-athletic tape, futhi washaya abadlali abane abaphezulu abayi-10 ukuze awine i-French Open okwe-14.
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U-Nadal ukhokhe kakhulu, kwavela ukuthi, ukunqoba i-14th French Open. Njengoba amathemba okunqoba iGrand Slam asekhona, ngandlela thize, eqinile ngemuva kwama-majors amabili okuqala esizini ka-2022, wazihudulela eWimbledon, waguqa emhlophe indlela eya kowandulela owamanqamu wabe esenza into ecishe ifane no-Nadal njengokushaya. irakhethi noma enqaba ukucwiliswa ngamabhodlela akhe amanzi: wahoxa. Unyembezi lwesisu. Futhi!
Kusukela lapho, izinga lika-Nadal liye laphuma kwabayi-10 okokuqala ngqa kusukela ngo-2005. Akazange abe nezinto zakhe ezinhle kakhulu ku-US Open yangonyaka odlule—ufinyelele umzuliswano wesine wahlulwa ku-Frances Tiafoe ophefumulelwe—kodwa izinto zimhambela kahle nje. kwaba kubi kakhulu njengoba esezinike isikhathi sokuphumula. Manje, uMeyi futhi uwine umdlalo owodwa kulo nyaka. Usedlale ezine kuphela. Yini engalungile ngalesi sikhathi? Ingabe kunendaba? Noma ingabe sidlulele ngale kwe-rehab ehlosiwe kanye nokuxilongwa okuthile? Mhlawumbe manje sekuyaqondakala ukuthi uma esengenile enkantolo, kukhona okuzolunga.
Selokhu angena ohambweni phakathi nezingxabano, bekungenzeki ukuthi ubuke uNadal futhi ungacabangi izinto ezimbili: Ngcwele, ufike kanjani kulelo bhola? futhi hawu mfana, lokho kuzomfica. Udlale ithenisi ngomzimba omangalisayo, ocasulayo. Umdlalo wakhe wonke ubuyizihibe namaslayidi. Awekho ama-engeli abukhali, kodwa ngandlela thize asashesha kakhulu. Kodwa isikhathi ngasinye lapho eqhumisa ingaphambili, eshaya irakhethi ekhanda lakhe njengoba enza, wawungakwazi ukuzwa into emdabula ehlombe. Ufike kuwo wonke amabhola, ikakhulukazi odakeni, lapho abenokuhlukana okwengeziwe okwesibili ukuze ashelele kulelo shothi elisanda kufinyelelwa, kodwa lokho bekuzofika ngenani eliphansi, akunjalo? Manje, ekugcineni, umthethosivivinywa usuzofika.
