Indian Wells 2024: Rafael Nadal Recalls ‘Most Emotional’ Career Triumph Leading to a Season for Ages

It has been a long time since fans spotted Rafael Nadal playing tennis tournaments. With the upcoming Indian Wells 2024, this long wait will be finally over. Now before his participation, Nadal finally revisited his iconic 2013 season in front of the fans. He chose one specific match which he played after a leave of months due to a knee injury.

He won the match, which made the event more emotional for him. Now after more than a decade, this Spaniard legend takes his jibe at the emotional tennis moment in his life. Do you want to know which match it is?

Rafa’s win in the 2013 final against Del Potro is very special for him

A reliable tennis source recently tweeted a clip, where Rafael Nadal is spotted speaking about his life’s one very special match. Sharing the clip, this source wrote- “‘It’s probably one of the most emotional victories of my career.’ @RafaelNadal reflects on his 2013 final against Del Potro #TennisParadise.”

In this clip, Nadal is spotted saying-“2013, I think the final against, Del Potro have been so special for me because it was the first tournament on a hard after more than a year because I had a very important injury on my knee. And so I was outside of the tour for eight months and then I came back. I play in South America, playing in Vina del Mar, then Sao Paulo and then in Acapulco that I played great in Acapulco but then I was not sure if I coming me here or not because the doctors told me better, you don’t go to play too hard, but I decided to come.”

This Spaniard legend further added-“So I said, okay, if I am able to win, one or two matches, I will be happy. Just I want to test my mind on hard courts but after I won the event. And yeah, a very, very emotional one. “

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In this statement, the old indomitable Nadal is spotted by the fans. The one who could go to any extent for his sport. This time, it is visible that Nadal is rooting for the Indian Wells 2024 tournament in a similar way. In 2013, he achieved a victory after facing the same injury he dealt with this time. It was a long-awaited victory because he also won the Canada Open in Cincinnati. Since Nadal withdrew from the Qatar Open 2024. His fans are waiting to see him in the upcoming Indian Wells.

Do you think Rafael Nadal will make his fans also revisit 2013’s iconic moment in Indian Wells? Let us know your comments below.

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