Paris - Rafael Nadal's record-breaking French Open career came to its likely end on Monday (Tuesday in Manila) when the 14-time champion slumped to a demoralising defeat against Alexander Zverev before he revealed his journey to the Paris Olympics in July will not take a detour to Wimbledon.
Paris - Rafael Nadal 's record-breaking French Open career came to its likely end on Monday when the 14-time champion slumped to a demoralising defeat against Alexander Zverev before he revealed his journey to the Paris Olympics in July will not take a detour to Wimbledon . Nadal , who turns 38 on June 3, went down 6-3, 7-6 , 6-3 in the first round to world number four Zverev, suffering only his fourth loss in 116 matches at Roland Garros since his 2005 title-winning debut.
'I don't think it's going to be smart after all the things that happened to my body now make a big transition to a completely different surface and then come back immediately to clay. I don't think it's a positive idea right now.''Thank you Rafa'Zverev said it had been 'a great honour' to play Nadal on 11 occasions in their careers.'I've watched Rafa play all my childhood and I was lucky enough to play him two times on this beautiful court.
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