Alexander Zverev’s ankle injury marked a sudden end to a competitive match, but Rafael Nadal advanced to yet another Roland Garros final, where he’ll look to become the tournament’s oldest champion RolandGarros
Rafael Nadal to Play for 14th French Open Title After Zverev’s Sudden Injury
On his 36th birthday, the Spaniard won by retirement and advanced to yet another Roland Garros final, where he’ll look to become the tournament’s oldest champion.PARIS — The soundtrack at tennis as a rich one—grunts and blocks and squeaks and smacks—but you seldom hear a scream. Sadly, that was what pierced through the air at about six o’clock this evening in Paris at the 2022 French Open.
Late in the second set of the men’s semifinal between Alexander Zverev and Rafael Nadal, the 25-year-old German slid for a ball, lost his footing and turned his right ankle. He was in instant agony and was carried off the court in a wheelchair, and sadly was not fit to play another point. Nadal, in turn, reached the final of the French Open yet again, this time on his 36th birthday.
It’s ironic that Nadal was the one whose tournament had been shrouded in doubt over concerns of an injured foot. Nadal did not play his best tennis today by any stretch, but it did not seem to be on account of injury. On Friday, Nadal and Zverev had already played more than three hours and hadn’t completed two sets. This was heading for a five-hour match, so the fact that Nadal was able to get on and off the court in barely three hours ought to benefit him Sunday.
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