The secret of Nadal: his ability to overcome injuries

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Nadal has a record of 56-9 this season. He dominates the ATP circuit with five titles in singles and he will attempt to add this year’s title to the one he won in 2005 while he was still a teenager.

Beijing, China — The passion and its ability to overcome the injury may want to the key to the recent successes of Rafael Nadal.

The Spaniard has won the International of France and the United States this year and it took the first world ranking to Andy Murray. His next step : the tournament of Beijing.

“I suffered the injury, but hey, I still have this passion for tennis, love what I do and the desire to overcome difficult situations such as the trouble physical, said the Spaniard. Of course, there is also the desire to improve myself. Every day when I wake up, I go on the court with the objective of making something better than what I was doing. “

Nadal will play his first match in Beijing against Lucas Pouille, Tuesday. The Frenchman has defeated Nadal in their previous meeting in the last year.

Nadal has a record of 56-9 this season. He dominates the ATP circuit with five titles in singles and he will attempt to add this year’s title to the one he won in 2005 while he was still a teenager.

Nadal has played in the final in three of his last six presences and his record is 20-5 in Beijing.

In the first round on Monday, the favorite Garbine Muguruza has abandoned his first game because of the flu. Muguruza had lost the first leg 6-2 and she was pulling back a 2-0 Barbora Strycova when she made the decision to withdraw.

“I was unable to play today, has recognized the Spanish, which was said to have contracted the virus last week at the tournament in Wuhan, but she wanted to try to play despite the disease. I didn’t want to forfeit before the start of the tournament. “

In another match, Sloane Stephens, the champion of the International of the United States, lost 6-3, 6-0 at the expense of Christina McHale.

Caroline Wozniacki, a former no. 1 in the world, has defeated Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-2, 6-2. Peng Shuai, Elena Vesnina, Elise Mertens, Coco Vandeweghe and Alizé Cornet have also triumphed.

In men, Roberto Bautista Agut, no. 5, Mischa Zverev, Steve Darcis, Fabio Fognini and Aljaz Bedene have also swept away.