David Ferrer spoke softly in close and tone, because the effort forces that used to generate an atmosphere of trust with journalists, and almost anyone who crosses his way. “You know, David, this is the eighth time you get to the second round here in Paris?” was asked as soon as he sat down, after beating Feliciano Lopez (6-4, 7-6, 6-1 in 2h 23m) in a fragmented pulse in two episodes because, yes, again, another time, the rain returned in the form of rumbling thunder at Roland Garros, pending every day to look at the sky and be happy for the weather.
“The truth is that no, I had not the foggiest idea,” replied Ferrer, cited in the next round with the Czech Tomas Berdych (4-6, 6-3, 6-2, 7-5) and for the second time this year, this course which in the past has not been the best, he has managed to link three consecutive games won. “Yes, in Australia and here. At least in the bad, I’ve done two Grand Slams, right? “, added Ferrer whom two months ago turned 34 and is increasingly finding it harder to keep up and give continuity to his body, by a purely physiological question. “Before, I was a bull, but now I don’t recover equally,” he confesses.
Ferrer has been in progress for 17 seasons on the professional circuit. Worked like few others, the Spanish has gone through a difficult period in the first five months of 2016, because his leg muscle ha gave him so many problems that he had to give up Monte Carlo and Barcelona, the latter a place that he particularly like. He has played 31 games this year, many of them with discomfort, and has not had any joy when at this time last year had already held three titles (Doha, Rio de Janeiro and Acapulco).
“This year is not going as others, but day has to come where im not among the best anymore, or other; it does not worry me. My priority is not the stress of being on top, it is to grow personally and professionally to accept the times when you do not win so much and accept that role. ” Added Ferrer, the Spanish still seems to have a good time playing tennis, “I’m still on the market and the end of the year we’ll see,” he said as a few days ago. “It is logical that as you keep ageing the years are costing the body. It’s like life itself, there is nothing else but to accept it and seek solutions so that does not happen often, ” he said yesterday.
