On Sunday in Paris, Rafael Nadal won his 14th French Open and 22nd Slam after demolishing Casper Ruud in the final with a straightforward 6-3 6-3 6-0.
Nevertheless, Rafa had to play with a horrible left foot injury. He was able to compete only thanks to some injections that went straight to the nerve in his foot.
However, Rafa said that he doesn’t want to compete anymore if he needs to have injections in his foot and he is trying to find solutions.
Nadal commented:
“We can try to make a treatment to try create this feeling in a permanent condition. That’s we are planning to do next week. I don’t know the name of the treatment in English. The idea is to create the impact I have now on the nerve for a long period of time.
If it doesn’t work, it will be another story. I’ll have to ask myself if I’m ready for a major surgery that would help me to play again.”
Rafael Nadal in 2022
Now ranked no.4, Rafael played his last match on the 5th of June when he beat world no.6 Casper Ruud 6-3 6-3 6-0 in the final in French Open to win his 92nd career title.
At present, during this year Rafael achieved a composed 30-3 match record. Rafael conquered 4 titles in 2022 in Melbourne, at the Australian Open, in Acapulco and at the French Open. Nadal reached the final in Indian Wells.
