Fernando Belasteguín showed his satisfaction at winning the Estrella Damm Padel Final Master and assured that he still has the illusion to continue active after sixteen years as number one.
«Nature will tell me when I shouldn’t play anymore. My head wants to improve every day. I hope I will be Pablo’s partner (Lima) for many more years because by his side I can aspire to the best, “he told the media.
«I am very sincere with myself and with my partner and if I see that I am a drag on his career, because I think he can be number one with anyone, I will tell him that I do not continue. And if he sees that I am a drag, I will accept his decision. For now, in a short term, we have several more years to play together and continue fighting, “he also explained.
Regarding the season they have signed, he pointed out: «We are very happy to close the year by winning the Master. It was a very difficult year. We are still in the dynamics of the year, I think that when we start the holidays we will realize that we had a very difficult year. We have to enjoy it a lot because we have had a lot of difficulties. I think this 2017 we have learned to survive and compete with many things.
For his part, Lima said: «It was a tournament that we came to with great enthusiasm. We had just lost the final in Bilbao and you don’t want that to give you extra motivation to get up and improve your level in the next tournament. Today we played very well and we have to be very happy with the season we have had because the level has been very high and we have been playing head-to-head with very good players all year.
He also spoke about his partner on the track and his numbers: “I try to abstract myself from that and not think that he has been number one for sixteen years. I have to treat him like one more teammate because on the track we are both the same and we both shoot for the same goal. I am aware of the curriculum that he has but you have to treat him like just another partner, if he can’t hurt you ». EFE