The Spaniard will combine training in London with some exhibitions in Hurlingham
In the last hours it has been known that Rafael Nadal traveled this Monday to the city of London to play Wimbledon after receiving a positive response to the treatment with pulsed radiofrequency to which he underwent in Barcelona in the battle he has been waging for some time against the disease Müller-Weiss.
“Immediately you notice changes,” he explained. Nadal this friday in Majorca. “I have a bit strange feelings. Somehow, the joint pain that did not let me support me has decreased. Strange things happen to the foot with treatment. For example, sometimes one part falls asleep and sometimes another”.
Reconquering Wimbledon is one of Nadal’s great goals
In this way, he went on to say: “Let’s trust that things will go well. I am happy. I haven’t been lame for a week, which is very important to me. It’s already progress. We have to wait a bit to see how everything evolves in the following weeks. My intention is to try to play Wimbledon.”
For five consecutive days, the champion trained on the grass courts of Santa Ponsa to test whether the injections had helped reduce the sensations in the foot and erased the permanent pain. He quickly realized that the treatment had worked and he was getting closer to the goal of playing Wimbledon.
The feeling of improvement in his foot has been key to talking about his future
“We have played a set, but I have seen him great”, recognized Feliciano López after training with Nadal. “He told me that he hadn’t played on grass for three years, but he was very loose and moving very well. He gives me the feeling that he plays much better tennis, that he is much more complete”, he acknowledged.
“After three years without playing on grass, you have to have an evolution,” said Rafa Nadal. “Much patience. The first days the sensations were more complicated, but I have been improving. I have one week of training left in London before the tournament starts. I hope it will help me to be competitive”.