Not good news for the entire tennis community as Rafa is not sure he can make it for the last slam of the season.
The King of Clay has been struggling with his knee since the Roland Garros to suffer from a couple of shocking defeats on he grass in Halle against Kohlschreiber , and in Wimbledon to Rosol. Then Rafa decided to withdraw from the Olympics in one of his toughest decisions of his splendid career to then pull out from Toronto and Cincinnati.
Federer has already expressed his concern about his nemesis and friend in a recent interview.
Now Rafa during a courtside interview in Spanish said he is not sure he will make it for the US Open. He is doing everything he can, but he is not really sure.
In the Video at 0.17 Rafa says (translation)
“No, I don’t trust that I will make it to the US Open, I don’t know, the truth is I don’t know, I’m going to go step by step. I cannot tell you whether yes or no because I don’t know”.
“Emotionally fine, what are you going to do, no?, accept these things, it’s part of our lives, it’s part of what sport is”
We hope to see him back, he is trying harder.
Vamos Rafa!
