“It may be my last match at Roland-Garros” and “I would like to play it during the day”, Rafael Nadal said on Sunday evening of his top quarter-final against world No.1 Novak Djokovic scheduled tuesday. “I prefer to play by day, I know Roland-Garros by day, and it’s also true that I’m aware that I don’t know what can happen next year. Every time I play here I am aware that it may be my last game in this tournament. In a year, a lot happens, and at this stage of my life and my career, with everything I have, anything can happen,” explained the Spaniard, who will turn 36 on Friday.
“I hope that won’t be the case, that I can continue to come for many years, but I’m also very aware that it’s a possibility, if things don’t go my way, that this will be my last match here at Roland-Garros. That’s why I would like to play it during the day, ”continued the Mallorcan, thirteen times winner on Parisian clay. “I am in the quarter-finals of Roland-Garros. Two and a half weeks ago, although I was hopeful, I didn’t even know if I would be able to be here. So I’m enjoying being here another year. And honestly, every game I play here, I don’t know if it’s not my last game at Roland-Garros.”
“I again went through a difficult period with my foot (left, which he has suffered from for more than fifteen years, editor’s note), so I don’t know what can happen in the near future with regard to my career. That’s why I just try to enjoy as much as possible and fight as much as I can to keep living my dream.”
