Tuesday January 2, 2024
The Spanish tennis player not only made news for his long-awaited return to the courts after a year without activity, but in the run-up to the victory against Thiem, he spoke about Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic regarding the rivalry with the other members of the ‘Big Three’.
Rafael Nadal not only made news for his long-awaited return to the courts after a year without activity due to a hip injury and beating Dominic Thiem at the Brisbane Open 250, because, prior to the victory against Austrian, the Spanish tennis player made a striking comparison between Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic.
The Spanish legend took the time to talk about his friend Federer and ‘Nole’, current No. 1 in the world and top Grand Slam winner (24), referring to who he enjoyed facing the most and who is the best in history, detailing as was the way of playing each one and making a balance that went around the world.
«To play against Federer I had a very clear tactic. He knew I was going to look for him, I knew he would try to defend himself. It was a chess game. And when you were wrong, you knew it. Nole has greatly enhanced his virtues, but he has not adapted his game in a radical way. With Djokovic there is not that level of strategy in the matches that there was with Federer,” Nadal began by declaring via El País.
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“I was more excited to see Federer play than Djokovic, and in the end tennis is emotion and emotion is what draws you to it,” adding his personal taste.
Also, the Mallorcan ended up praising the Serbian tennis player and dedicating a few words of admiration to him for his career, “with respect to titles, Djokovic is the best in history and there is nothing to discuss in that (…) He has better numbers than mine and that is indisputable,” closed the ‘Manacorí’.
Now, Nadal will play against the Australian Jason Kubler (102nd) in the next round, with spirits through the roof after the victory against Thiem. The 37-year-old Spaniard will seek a new title at the beginning of his twenty-fourth season as a professional tennis player.
2024-01-03 00:26:41
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