Two days after winning Roland Garros, Rafa Nadal traveled to Barcelona on Tuesday to have his left foot checked by his doctor. Angel Ruiz Cotorro and after leaving Paris, he begins to prepare the treatment he had planned beforehand. When the Balearic tennis player arrived in El Prat, when asked at the airport about his options to play in the tournament, he said, “I’ve already said everything I need to talk about, and I can say a little more.” WimbledonIt will begin on June 27.

After the victory at Roland Garros, nadal said he already had options to go to Wimbledon depending on whether he needs to play with his numb left footJust like he did in Paris. The tennis player explained that the next step is to have surgery to avoid anesthesia applied to his left foot every match day. “a pulsatile radiofrequency in the nerve” in order to permanently preserve the feeling of being on the field while playing with a numb foot due to anesthesia lasting up to eight hours.

“If this treatment works and can permanently relieve this feeling of pain, it does solve the problem, if not the problem. to be able to continue playing, which is currently the goal. We’ll see what happens, but we have to go step by step and then we’ll see”, he explained in Paris. Wimbledon He’s not going to accept this until he’s talked to his entire technical team and decided what’s best. It is now important not only to be in top physical condition, but also to assess whether a trip to London will be detrimental for the remainder of the season.

Graduation with Ricky Rubio

Nadal was in Barcelona for the time required for the medical visit and then returned to Manacor, where he will head the graduation ceremony for his sixth promotion this Wednesday. Rafa Nadal Academy, by Movistar beside Ricky RubioNBA’s Cleveland Cavaliers player Pau Gasol, David Ferrer Y her carbonelwho accompanied nadal graduations in recent years.