Nadal s strange ungainly in Roland Garros

first go to the Roland Garros complex, Nadal does not hit any ball at all. The 17 -year -old boy came to Paris on crutches to visit the stadiums and watch the tournament as the audience due to Carlos Costa's request, the representative. But the momentum and the fascinating land season were interrupted in April, when the Spanish player stuck the stretch marks on his left foot bone. This injury caused Nadal to withdraw from the tournament in Estoril, Portugal. It is also a sign of serious problems in the left foot that Nadal encountered in the future, and also the starting point for all the future failures of Gasquet whenever meeting Rafa. On the hard yard of Miami expanded, the 18 -year -old player suddenly defeated Federer in the third round. However, right from that time, they all knew that the new land was Nadal's forte. It was not the type of Nadal suffering that was easy to accept, but he was still reluctant to "endure" as directed by Costa. The representative believes that Nadal will get used to the atmosphere soon and feel Roland Garros is a wise action. In fact, the 17 -year -old player also "convenient" with the schedule to meet Nike and Babolat sponsors, but more importantly, Nadal came to observe: from the press conference room, the waiting room of the player to the training grounds or the main stadium. More than 20 years ago, the name Nadal did not necessarily attract the audience, so the player of the cow easily moved throughout the complex without being surrounded by crowds. But those who follow the tennis soon realize the extraordinary potential from this face. Even Nadal - a humble person, also felt like that, according to Mr. Costa in an interview with Spanish journalists.

After three games, the two left the pitch, walking on the big road towards Suzanne Lenglen. Costa remembered Nadal turned to him, saying: "Do you know why I was injured and couldn't play this year? Because my time hadn't come. When I could play here, even if it was the first time, I would play to win". Many male and female players who have crowned in the Major in the past half century - have experienced lower levels, are the young tournament. Bjorn Borg and Roger Federer crowned Wimbledon youth award before the winning chains at the main event. Novak Djokovic used to the semi -finals of the Australian Youth Prize expanded before setting the record. Even the Williams sisters, although they have never been able to fight the young Grand Slam, must gain experience from the matches of the main round, then champion.

Nadal has never had the opportunity to "test" Roland Garros. In 2002, at the age of 15, the young man from Mallorca was eligible to attend the Roland Garros youth tournament, but he did not go, because his parents wanted his son to focus on the end of the school. "My schedule daily is sealed: 9am to 12pm at school, 12h to 14h to play tennis, 15h to 17h back to school, 17h30 to 19h football, then 19h to 20h30 or 21h continue with tennis. When I go home to study late at night, I am completely exhausted, but I am satisfied because I complete the compulsory program ". Complete everything. When the mission related to books was finished, Nadal received a special capacity to attend the Wimbledon youth tournament. He defeated the second seed, Brian Dabul in the opening round, then went straight to the semi -finals, although he did not have much experience on the pitch. The reason is that Rafa's performance at Monte Carlo a month earlier. After passing the qualifying round, Nadal entered the central yard overlooking the Mediterranean Sea and defeating Albert Costa - championship Roland Garros - in two sets. Later at Hamburg, Rafa defeated the teacher Carlos Moya and apologized when the two shook hands after the battle. So in less than a month, Nadal had two victories against the names who used to take the throne at Roland Garros. But destiny once again joked the boy. One afternoon near the day of leaving Mallorca to Paris, Nadal played with friends after a training session. Just a "inanimate" game, Nadal and his partners jumped over the net. Then someone, thinking that it would be more interesting, raising the net. Nadal falls, with the consequence of the right elbow bone. "Rafa has completed the training process. It has prepared everything ". In a corner of the room, Nadal was ruined, not due to the pain because of the foolish game, but because he would miss Roland Garros.

A year later, the disappointment flooded in Nadal, when he still could not enroll at Roland Garros 2004 due to foot injury. It is an event that according to many experts, the same word "if " is large, Nadal will win the championship if attended. Because at that year, Gustavo Kuerten was over the peak, Juan Carlos Ferrero was in form due to a decline, Guillermo Coria received many doubts about the ability to maintain strength with the five set formats, and Coria has just lost to Federer in the final in Hamburg, while Moya owns the Cup in Rome.

2004. But in the end, none of the above names won. The peak of the glory that year belonged to a strange face: Gaston Gaudio, who did not even be made as a seed and played very erratically. However, in the first Argentine's first internal Grand Slam final, Gaudio was utopian upstream before Coria. In 2005, Nadal's moment came. And the history of Roland Garros has forever changed with 14 championships for a great man.