ラファエル•ナダルを追いかけて。

　先週、ツイッターをみていたら、ラファちゃんがプレカンをする、という情報が出ていて、胸騒ぎがした。
あたしは、テニスが好きというよりも、ラファエル・ナダルが好きで、もう10年以上、彼だけを追いかけている、というラファエル•ナダルオタクなわけです。
ここ最近、ケガで試合に出ていない状況が続いていて・・・結婚して子供も産まれて・・・と、環境の変化もあった。
引退？・・・いや、全仏の棄権ということ・・・？不安になりつつも、会見の内容を見たら、全仏棄権、そして来年が最後かもしれないということ。

”Nadal Withdraws From Roland Garros, Hints 2024 Season May Be His Last”
Rafael Nadal has withdrawn from Roland Garros, he announced on Thursday at the Rafa Nadal Academy by Movistar. The 14-time champion will not play in the season’s second major for the first time since his tournament debut in 2005. The 22-time major winner added that he will stop for an undetermined length of time and that 2024 is "probably" going to be his last year on the professional tour.
"I was even working as much as possible every single day for the last four months. It has been very difficult months because we were not able to find the solution to the problem that I had in Australia," Nadal said. "Today I'm still in a position that I am not able to feel myself ready to compete at the standards that I need to be [at] to play a Roland Garros. I am not the guy that is going to be at Roland Garros and just try to be there and put myself in a position that I don't like to be [in]."
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The 36-year-old has not competed since January at the Australian Open, where he suffered an injury to the iliopsoas muscle in his left leg. Nadal and his team were expecting a recovery period of six to eight weeks, but the lefty has not returned to action.
The Spaniard was happy with his on-court results, like when last year he won the Australian Open and Roland Garros. But he "was not able to enjoy [his] daily work" because of his physical problems.
“Since after the pandemic, my body was not able to hold the practices and to hold the daily work in a good way. So I was not able to enjoy the practices and the competition because [there were] too many problems, too many times having to stop for physical issues and too many days of going here practising but with with too much pain,” Nadal said. “So after I said that I need to stop. I need to stop for a while. So my decision is to stop. I don't know when I'm going to be able to come back to the practice court, but I'm going to stop for a while. Maybe two months, maybe one month and a half, maybe three months, maybe four months.
“I don't know, I am not the guy who likes to predict a lot the future, so I'm just following my my personal feelings and just following what I really believe is the right thing to do for for my body and for my personal happiness now.”
“I can't say 100 per cent that [it is] going to be like this because you never know what can happen. But my idea and my motivation is [to] try to enjoy and try to say goodbye [to] all the tournaments that have been important for me in my tennis career during [next] year and just try to enjoy that that, being competitive and enjoying being on court,” Nadal said. “[That is] something that today is not possible. I really believe that if I keep going now, I will not be able to make that happen. I don't know if I stop if I will be able to make that happen, but I think the chances are much higher if I stop."
In addition to his record 14 trophies at Roland Garros, Nadal owns a 112-3 record across 18 career appearances at the major (one mid-tournament withdrawal). His 112 match wins and his 97.4 per cent win rate both stand alone as records, as does his perfect 14-0 mark in finals.

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いろいろな人の翻訳や、日本語のニュースもみたけれど、結構ニュースは、
来年引退、と確定して報道していた。でも、ファンの翻訳や、このATPのニュースを読むと、現状復帰未定、（かなり後ろ向きな印象）来年が最後になるかもしれないこと、ただ、トーナメントでお別れをいいたい・・・。
この、トーナメントでお別れを、というところが本当に彼らしい。
それから、テニスプレイヤーっ勝てば勝つほど、試合数が多くなってしまう。
だから、どうしてもケガがついてまわる。怪我をしていないトップランカーはいないと思う。
ラファちゃんに怪我がなければ誰も勝てないと思う、というくらい怪我が一番の敵だ。そして、コロナの関係でモチベーションが下がっていたのだという。
それでも全仏での優勝、本当に素晴らしかった。
彼の言うことは頭では理解できる。けれども、気持ちはまだついていかない。

2017年、全仏十度目V

全仏初優勝時。

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もう、・・・それでも、また復活してくれるかもしれない、と思う自分がいる。
来年はクレーシーズンに欧州に行くしかない、でも・・・けれども、まだ・・・
ラファエル•ナダルを追いかけたい。
恐らくこんなに追いかける選手はもう出てこないだろうから。
VAMOS!❗️Rafa❗️