On Sunday, Rafael Nadal will attempt to win his 14th title at the Roland Garros and overall his 22nd Grand Slam title but after advancing to the final, he admitted that it's not about chasing records.
The 36-years-old Spaniard, who celebrated his birthday yesterday after a sad ending of his match against Alexander Zverev, will have a difficult task on Sunday as he will take on Casper Ruud in the final of the 2022 Roland Garros. After his semifinal win, Rafael Nadal said:
“It's not easy and beautiful to talk after what happened. Only thing that I can say is I hope he's not too bad. Hopefully it's just the normal thing when you turn your ankle, and hopefully nothing's broken. [It] has been a very, very tough match. I think [Zverev] started the match playing amazing. I know how much [it] means to him, fighting to win his first Grand Slam…"
“[To] see a colleague on the tour like this – even if, for me, it's a dream to be in the final of Roland-Garros – of course, that way is not the way that we want it to be… If you are human, you should feel very sorry for a colleague.”
“I was not very positive after [Rome] about my foot, but I was positive that I will be able to play here. And here I am. I played, I fighted, I did all the things possible to give myself at least a chance to be where I am."
“Happy of course to be able to give myself another chance to play on second Sunday here in the final of Roland-Garros. That means a lot to me. And even [with] all the sacrifices and all the things that I need to go through to try to keep playing, it really makes sense when you enjoy moments like I'm enjoying in this tournament.”
“It's not about things that you need to prove. It's about how much you enjoy doing what you are doing. If you like what you are doing, you keep going. For example, if you like to go and play golf, you keep going to play golf."
“If I like to play tennis and if I can handle to keep playing, I keep playing because I like what I do. That's it. And if I am healthy enough to play, I like the competition, honestly. I like to play in the best stadiums of the world and feel myself, at my age, still competitive. Means a lot to me, no? That makes me feel in some way proud and happy about all the work that we did.”
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