Emmanuel LANGELLIER: published on Thursday, December 24, 2020 at 12:43 p.m.
To end this special year 2020, Rafael Nadal has posted a positive message on social networks.
The year 2020 has been, unfortunately the whole world knows, extremely hard and special. This damn coronavirus appeared before sweeping and disrupting the planet. Everywhere, everyone, including the world of sport. Rafael Nadal nevertheless took the opportunity to mark history a little more. The Spanish tennis player has won two titles. First in Acapulco, in Mexico on hard, at the beginning of the year, then obviously at Roland Garros.
Relocated to the end of September-beginning of October, the French Grand Slam returned to “Rafa” again. For the 13th time in his career, Nadal triumphed on Parisian clay. Even in difficult conditions (rain, cold, autumn …), the Majorcan still reigned over the ocher of the French capital. Relentless killer of Novak Djokovic in the final under the roof of the Philippe-Chatrier court in three dry sets (6-0, 6-2, 7-5), Rafael Nadal was awarded a 20th Grand Slam coronation.
Nadal: “We say goodbye to a year that is better to forget”
The world number 2 has joined his friend and great rival Roger Federer with this impressive total of 20 major tricks. This 2020 season ended with a semi-final at the Masters (defeat against Daniil Medvedev), Nadal has been preparing for some time for the next exercise within his academy in the Balearics. It was from there that he posted a video on social media to end the year on a positive post on Thursday morning. ” Hi all ! I would like to wish you a Merry Christmas and all the best for 2021. We say goodbye to a year that is definitely best to be forgotten. The most difficult year to live, the most difficult I have experienced so far anyway. I want to offer my condolences to all those who have lost loved ones. Hopefully things will get better little by little, ”said Nadal, also referring to the actions of his academy.
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