Although rumors and suspicions continue around the world tennis calendar in 2021, the protagonists begin to speak and Spanish Rafa Nadal has already confirmed that it will be in the next edition of Australian Open, while on the contrary, Roger Federer remains doubtful due to that knee injury from which he is recovering.
Everything seems to point out that first big of the year It will be delayed to February, but so far there has been no official statement and everything is still a bit up in the air when we are just two weeks away from the end of 2020.
Doubts about the final dates
The final decision of where the Australian Open is located and what changes it implies will be known soon, but in the meantime, the players are deciding on it.
As regards Rafa Nadal, He is clear that the greats are his main challenge for next season and he has already confirmed that he will be at that Australian Open. The news was confirmed by the Balearic player’s own press officer, Benito Pérez Barbadillo, who said that “Nadal will travel to Melbourne to play the tournament. “
And it is that the number two in the world has hunted Federer in that race to end up being the player with the greatest in history. Right now both are tied with twenty titles, while the Serbian Djokovic He is 17.
Federer is still not 100%
Unlike NadalFederer himself, who has been away from the circuit for almost a year, continues to leave doubts about his participation in the first big of the year.
“I would have liked to be one hundred percent in October, but I am not yet today, so it will be difficult to be at the Australian Open,” said the Swiss tennis player himself at the Swiss sport awards gala. “It is being a race against time and now it is necessary to know if it is true that it will begin on February 8. It would help me if I had a little more time. “
In this year, the Swiss has undergone surgery twice, and now he is trying to recover fully. “I would love to be in Australia, but he’s very right on the knee. I don’t want to take any steps until I’m ready. Those weeks can help a bit. You have to be prepared for the summer, which will be Wimbledon, the Olympics and the US Open. That is my priority. “
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