Rafael Nadal ວາງແຜນທີ່ຈະຫລິ້ນ Wimbledon ໃນຂະນະທີ່ລາວຊອກຫານັດທີ 3 ຂອງປະຕິທິນ Grand Slam

After winning the first two legs of the Grand Slam for the first time in his career, Rafael Nadal plans to play Wimbledon where he hopes to capture his third straight major of 2022.

“I have not felt so much pain this week,” Nadal, speaking at a press conference in Mallorca, Spain, said of his chronic foot injury. “My intention is to try to play at Wimbledon. This week here tells me there is a chance I can play.”

Wimbledon begins June 27. Nadal, 36, said he plans to travel to London on Monday and play at the Tennis Classic at Hurlingham next week and “do a week of training to see if it’s possible.”

“I wouldn’t go if I didn’t think I could play,” he said. He added the plan is to “play Wimbledon, rest, then Canada and then the U.S. Open.”

Nadal has never before won the Australian Open and the French Open to start a season, and is now in position to win the first calendar Grand Slam since Rod Laver in 1969. Novak Djokovic came up one match short of the calendar Grand Slam in 2021 before losing to Daniil Medvedev in the U.S. Open final.

Of Nadal’s 22 major titles, only two have come at Wimbledon (2008, ‘10).

Nadal also confirmed that he will join Djokovic and Roger Federer as fathers later this year. He and his wife, Mery Perelló, are expecting.

“If all goes well, I’m going to be a father,” he said. “I’m not used to talking about my personal life, prefer to keep a low-profile. I don’t anticipate this meaning a change to my professional life.”

ຫຼັງຈາກ ຄວ້າແຊ້ມ French Open ຄັ້ງທີ 14 ແລະ Grand Slam ຄັ້ງທີ 22 ຂອງລາວ June 5, Nadal said he planned to have radiofrequency ablation – which uses heat on the nerve to quell long-term pain – but would have to consider surgery if that treatment did not work. The tennis legend suffers from Mueller-Weiss syndrome – a rare degenerative condition that affects bones in the feet. He said he played through the French Open because he received multiple anaesthetic injections during the tournament.

"ຂ້ອຍໄດ້ຫຼີ້ນກັບການສັກຢາໃສ່ເສັ້ນປະສາດເພື່ອຂາຕີນແລະນັ້ນແມ່ນເຫດຜົນທີ່ຂ້ອຍສາມາດຫຼີ້ນໄດ້ໃນລະຫວ່າງສອງອາທິດນີ້," ລາວ​ເວົ້າ​ວ່າ.

Toni Nadal, Rafael’s uncle and former coach, recently indicated the ablation treatments were going well and his nephew planned to play Wimbledon.

“When we talked yesterday, he said it’s going much better,” Toni said last week. “He wants to train. If he has a small chance, he will play Wimbledon.”

Wimbledon ຈະຂາດຊື່ຫລາຍຄົນ, ລວມທັງ Alexander Zverev, ຜູ້ທີ່ໄດ້ຜ່າຕັດຫຼັງຈາກກະດູກຫັກໃນຂໍ້ຕີນຂວາຂອງລາວໃນລະຫວ່າງການແຂ່ງຂັນຮອບຮອງຊະນະເລີດຂອງລາວກັບ Nadal; Daniil Medvedev ດາວລັດເຊຍແລະ Andrey Rublev, ຜູ້​ທີ່​ຖືກ​ຫ້າມ​ ປະຕິບັດຕາມການຮຸກຮານຂອງລັດເຊຍຂອງ Ukraine; ແລະ Federer, ຜູ້ທີ່ຫວັງວ່າຈະຍັງຫຼິ້ນການແຂ່ງຂັນຢ່າງຫນ້ອຍຫນຶ່ງຄັ້ງໃນປີ 2023.