“I felt a lion coming,” says Francisco Cerundolo of Rafael Nadal’s intimidation factor on his opponents.

Argentina’s Francisco Cerundolo faced Raphael Nadal First time in the opening round at Wimbledon center court. Cerundolo gave the Spanish legend a very hard fight but eventually lost the match in four sets of 4-6,3-6,6-3,4-6. It was his first time playing in the midfield and it goes without saying that he was very nervous before the match.

In a recent interview, Cerundolo explained how nervous he was before stepping into midfield and how Rafael Nadal’s presence in the locker room scared him off. He said that as he walked from the locker room to the pitch, he felt that Nadal was walking behind him before the players introduced him, and that he felt a lion coming right behind him.

“I started feeling nervous half an hour before the game. And as I walked from the locker room to the field, I felt Rafa walking through the interior corridors. [behind me], she sighed in my ear. I felt a lion coming” said.

Despite losing to Nadal, Cerundolo showed everyone that he would stay here and the results were reflected in the next tournaments. He reached the semi-finals of both the tournament he played after Wimbledon and the Swedish Open. Germany Open.

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Francisco Cerundolo talks about how scary it was to face Rafael Nadal

He also talked about his pre-match mentality and explained the little pep talk he gave before stepping onto the midfield turf. He added that if he hadn’t given himself this little pep talk, he would have lost the match quite easily.

“We were a few meters from the entrance, and I collected myself and said, ‘I’m going to kill you or I’m going to have a terrible time. Ever since I stepped on the grass I thought, ‘Look where am I’. I went into party mode and my nerves were gone. if I’m [hadn’t done] If that were the case, I would have lost 6-1, 6-1, 6-1.”

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