Tim Henman あられ／賞賛するs Rafael Nadal's 'unbelievable physicality' after gruelling French Open 勝利，勝つ against Novak Djokovic but 示唆するs Alexander Zverev will 供給する a 'mental challenge' in the 半分s

  • The 35-year-old Nadal （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 Novak Djokovic in the French Open ４半期/4分の1 final
  • It was a hard-fought victory across four 始める，決めるs and four hours for the Spaniard
  • He will now 直面する world-number-three Alexander Zverev in the 半分 final
  • Tim Henman said it will be hard for Nadal to mentally 回復する before the match

By Andy Sims, Pa, Paris

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Tim Henman believes Rafael Nadal's biggest challenge against Alexander Zverev at the French Open will be mental rather than physical.

Nadal shrugged off a chronic foot 傷害 to （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 arch-競争相手, defending 支持する／優勝者 and world number one Novak Djokovic in four grueling 始める，決めるs on Tuesday night.

The Spaniard, who turns 36 on Friday, 直面するs another 抱擁する 実験（する） of his fitness when he takes on 25-year-old world number three Zverev in the 半分-final.

Rafael Nadal knocked out Novak?Djokovic in a four hour quarter- final on Tuesday

Rafael Nadal knocked out Novak?Djokovic in a four hour ４半期/4分の1- final on Tuesday

25-year-old? German player Alexander Zverev is ranked number three in the world

25-year-old? German player Alexander Zverev is 階級d number three in the world

But Eurosport pundit and former British number one Henman said: 'Rafa's physicality is unbelievable.


'Let's 勝利，勝つd the clock 支援する to when we saw him walking off the 法廷，裁判所 having lost to Denis Shapovalov and he was limping in Rome.?

'Then 10 days later he's in this tournament playing incredible tennis, he had to really pull it out of the 捕らえる、獲得する against (Felix) Auger-Aliassime to go the five 始める，決めるs.

Tim Henman believes beating Zverev will be a 'mental rather than physical' challenge for Nadal

Tim Henman believes （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域ing Zverev will be a 'mental rather than physical' challenge for Nadal

'We know he's not getting any younger, but then to 回復する and to go up against Djokovic - one of his greatest 競争相手s, the number one player in the world - and put in a 業績／成果 like that, not only the 質 of the tennis but his 態度, the physicality for four hours and 12 minutes, it's incredible.

'There's going to be a physical challenge, but it's also a mental challenge because 普通は when Rafa （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域s Djokovic in a （野球の）満塁ホームラン，（テニスなどの）グランドスラム it's the final and he gets 手渡すd the トロフィー, but that was the ４半期/4分の1-決勝戦.

'So yes, he does have two days to 回復する, but this is going to be a 堅い 実験（する） even for Rafa.'