Nadal may have lost his aura of invinicibility,
says Boris Becker
Nadal hasn't participiated in Monte Carlo and Barcelona and was recovering from the rib injury all these time and expected to return to Madrid.
Boris Becker while talking to Eurosport said, Nadal may have lost his aura of invincibility.
The German is of the view that the 21-times Grand Slam Champion has and underlying rib issue, which according to Borish, he himself suffered during his days as a player.
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Becker further said
"Rafael Nadal was actually considered invincible until he injured himself in the semi-final against Alcaraz, who played for over three hours," Becker said.
"Something must be wrong with his rib," Becker said. "I had that once too. It hurts a lot and it takes a long time until you can play properly again because you need it to breathe. And especially now for the clay court season, this is of course a big setback for him.
Until the injury, he was considered the favorite for Roland Garros and now he has to get healthy again and play his first matches on clay," Becker said. "And it is not yet clear when he will start again." Nadal gave a blistering 20-0 start to the year.
Nadal is the winner of three major tournaments in a row which are Melbourne Summer, The Australian Open, and the Mexican Open. By winning the Australian Open, Rafa broke the three-way tie of 20 Grand Slams between him, Djokovic and Federer.
Rafael Nadal journey then took him to the Indian wells where he had to wtiness his first loss fo the year by Taylor Fritz, the American tennis professional and he also got him injured in the semis against Alcaraz.
The spaniard is world no. 4 at the moment and he surely can be tough enough to give a beffiting time to anyone playing against him and will not a an easy target at all.