Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal regretted the suspicions about doping to which he is sometimes subjected and stressed that he has never consumed any illegal substance to accelerate recovery from injury.
“I’m clean. I have always worked very hard and when I have been injured I have never taken anything forbidden to recover before. I’m very far from that, “said the Spanish tennis player in Indian Wells.
“I never had that temptation,” insisted the number five in the world, who was upset at the hints of doping. “Several times I have been associated with something like that and I am tired,” he added.
The most recent accusation came this week from France. A former Minister of Health and Sports of the former French president Nicolas Sarkozy denounced on the Le Grand 8 program on D8 television that the seven-month injury that had Nadal out of the competition was “without a doubt due to a positive. When you see a tennis player standing for a long time, it is because he has tested positive, “he said.
«I know the things that I take; so it’s hard to imagine something like this could happen, “added Nadal. «I believe in this sport and its values. It is an example for the boys. If he had done something illegal, he would not be lying to others. I would be fooling myself.
Rafael Nadal explained that he always clearly faced each of the situations he experienced. «I was always clear with my treatments. At the time I used PRP (platelet rich plasma) with stem cells twice on my knees. It went well for me ”, explained the Spaniard, who insisted that he will never do“ something wrong ”.
Nadal, who is finishing his set-up in Indian Wells, where he was champion in the 2007, 2009 and 2013 editions, commented on the positive recently given by the Russian Maria Sharapova.
«Mistakes happen. Everyone can be wrong. I want to believe that it is a mistake that Maria had. But there are rules and you will have to pay for it, “said Nadal, winner of 14 Grand Slam. EFE
Nadal: “I’m clean; I’ve never had anything illegal”
