Rafa Nadal extended his reign in Roland Garros
winning the strangest edition, in the autumn season, with heavier balls, worse temperature and a final disputed under the roof that the Parisian central premiered before the maximum allowed of a thousand spectators. At 34 he won his thirteenth Musketeers Cup and reached the record of twenty Grand Slam titles of a Roger Federer, 39 years old, unpublished since January due to a double knee operation.
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Nadal adorned his masterpiece on land by overwhelming the unpredictable Serbian in the final Novak Djokovic, capable of being No. 1 final, matching the six seasons of Pete Sampras, and add his eighth Australian Open (his 17th Grand Slam) but also starring in the image of 2020 hitting a ball to a linesman that cost him disqualification at the US Open. Before the tournament he was in controversy by creating a new players union after leaving the presidency of the ATP Council.
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The austrian Dominic Thiem
broke the dominance of the ‘Big 3’ by winning the US Open, while the Russian Daniil Medvedev It was confirmed as an alternative by dominating the ATP Finals undefeated, an event that said goodbye to London to land in Turin.
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The Murcian Carlos Alcaraz, 17 years old, and Italian Jannik Sinner, 19, left flashes according to their current level as figures of the not too distant future of a circuit that was suspended from March to August due to the coronavirus, leaving classics such as Wimbledon, for the first time since the Second World War and taking advantage of a millionaire insurance against pandemics, or the same Conde de Godó Trophy.
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The No. 1 female, the Australian Ashleigh Barty, decided not to compete for Covid-19, maintaining his position because the rankings varied his system to protect tennis players, who could only add points, never subtract.
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The american Sofia Kenin peered into the elite by dominating the Australian Open, beating Garbiñe Muguruza in the final, and yielding at Roland Garros to a new queen, the Polish Iga Swiatek.
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In between, another scratch from the Japanese Naomi Osaka, who added her second US Open, this time without an audience in the stands. With isolated athletes in their own bio-health bubble.
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Shocked the announcement of Carla Suarez that he had Hogdkin’s lymphoma, a cancer from which he recovers positively.
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