“I think I'm going to go to the hospital tomorrow (Monday). I don't know exactly what it is, if it's tonsillitis, a virus, but my throat is completely blocked. For nine days, “I can't swallow, I can't eat and I have a massive headache,” he said.
Add to that a sore toe. “I had inflammation and my toe doubled in size. With the pressure it put on the bone, I couldn't even put my foot in my shoe. The feeling is like when it's broken, I guess that’s why they anesthetized my toe, so I wouldn’t feel it,” said the 26-year-old Russian.
He explained that he managed to prevail in these conditions “thanks to painkillers and injections, at maximum doses. I am full of medication.”
“I'm really happy to have been able to perform well in all my matches. I showed a great level of play since my first match, and finally, I was titled. And it feels like the last weeks had never existed,” said Rublev, who was on four consecutive defeats when he arrived in the Spanish capital.
