We tend to be the parents who comfort them, but sometimes a hug from our children heals all wounds. The image has moved not only the world of sport, but anyone who sees it through the beautiful gesture that Natanel has had, the seven-year-old son of French tennis player Nicolas Mahut.
It was a special game for Mahut, since long ago he had announced his retirement, so he could have been the last Roland Garros of his life as an athlete. The game was very tight, but lost to rival Leonardo Mayer.
After the defeat, seeing his father affected, his son Natanel crossed the track running to go to comfort his father with an emotional hug.
The gesture moved not only Mahut, unable to contain the crying, but also the rival and all the public who had attended to watch the game.
🔹The image of # RolandGarros2019, Mahut loses his game and his son crosses the court to give him a hug # Radioestadio
- Radioestadio (@Radioestadio) June 5, 2019
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The video went viral on networks because of the intensity of the moment. The hug of the son, the applause to the father and the great attitude of the rival, which was an example of sportsmanship and humanity.
"A lot of things crossed my mind at that moment, when my son came to me. There are many emotions because he came to comfort me. It is usually me who comforts him when I lose. Today was the opposite. When I left the track and everyone They were applauding me, that moment will be something I will remember all my life, "Nicolas Mahut confessed to the newspaper L'Equipe.
