Rafa Nadal: "I don't know if I will participate in the Tokyo Olympics" Tennis

Rafa Nadal has dropped a bomb upon his arrival in Rome. The Spanish tennis player has acknowledged in the press conference prior to his debut in the Masters 1000 in Rome against Jannik Sinner this Wednesday, that he still does not know if he will play the Tokyo Olympics next summer. He assures that “in a normal world I would never think of missing the Games”, but due to the situation caused by the pandemic, he has not yet decided if he will attend the important Olympic event. “I don’t know yet, I can’t give a clear answer because I don’t know . In a normal world I would never think of missing the Games, of course, we all know how important they are to me. In these situations, I don’t know, we’ll see in a couple of months, “Nadal revealed, admitting that he has” to organize my calendar. In a normal year, my calendar is always clear to me since January 1, but this year is different. You have to be flexible. “” The pandemic has made us experience things that we were not used to. When you talk about a pandemic, you talk about young people, but I think they have the energy to adapt more. For us who lead a life living in conditions that have changed drastically and we are more aware of the problems, this concern is more accentuated, “he snapped. The news has left everyone stunned. Rafa Nadal is the main banner of Spanish tennis. The manacorense has two gold medals in his record, one in singles (Beijing 2008) and another in doubles achieved together with Marc López in the last Games (London 2016) in which he was also flagged. Thus, the double Olympic champion leaves his participation in what could be his penultimate Games in the air.The new generation comes with strength In addition to analyzing their presence in Tokyo 2020, Nadal spoke about the leap that the new generation tennis players have made: “We (the most expert tennis players) have a life playing with the public, perhaps we need a little more that, but all are theories and search for reasons. There is a young generation that is good. It is life, a wheel that does not stop for anyone. “” First, (he, the Serbian Novak Djokovic and the Swiss Roger Federer) we are missing events. Second, there is a new generation that is very good. Third, we are 33, 34 and 39 years old. Normally nothing is forever, ”added the nine-time champion in Rome. The best tennis player of all time on clay will start with a difficult first round against the Italian Jannik Sinner, a “one of the most complicated” round. “In Madrid I played very well, then I had two bad games and everything was lost (against German Alexander Zverev), but in Madrid I played at my best level in recent times. Here I had to adapt to new conditions, that takes time, but I’m ready. Tomorrow will be one of the most difficult possible starts, against Sinner, I hope to be prepared, “he concluded.