Between doubts, controversies and expectations, here we are at last: it’s time for the Australian Open, the first Grand Slam of 2021. An unmissable event for all tennis fans, a tournament that has written indelible pages in the history of this sport.
Even in the recent past: The final between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal in 2017, the two were reborn from nothing and were able to give a breathtaking match, won by the Swiss.
Unlike the Spaniard, he won’t be in Melbourne for the first time this year. To better prepare for this event, here is a series of gadgets on the Australian Open.
The big absent from this edition of the Australian Open, as mentioned, will be Roger Federer. The Swiss champion is at home in Melbourne: King Roger has six victories in Australia.
He won the last Grand Slam, the twentieth, in Australia: here is the t-shirt to celebrate it. While waiting to see him again in the field. Rafael Nadal may have another Grand Slam ahead of him before he retires, but Roger Federer does not, believes Eurosport tennis journalist Fernando Gomez.
Federer and Nadal are currently neck and neck at the top with 20 Grand Slam singles titles. Federer, however, is five years older than his eternal rival and is on his way back from two knee surgeries in 2020.
Gomez on Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal
“The season may have more similarities to the year 2020, what I’m clear about is that 2021 won’t be the year of change either,” said Fernando Gomez.
“We’re going to see the irregular Daniil Medvedev where he finds his top form and if that gives him a Grand Slam, then I don’t expect anything special. I would like Roger Federer to be able to say goodbye under conditions if this is his last year, that he can compete, although it will be very difficult to see him win a Grand Slam.
Looking at the ranking beyond the top 10, I would like to see Alex de Minaur, Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz take the leap. These are the ones I would pay more attention to. ”Gomez also believes that Rafael Nadal has only one or two years left at the top of the sport.
But he feels he’s more likely to add to his crop of major titles. “This may be Rafa Nadal’s last or penultimate great season in which he can win another Grand Slam title,” added the Spaniard.
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