Rafael Nadal skipped Wimbledon preferring to not danger too many floor modifications between Roland Garros and the Paris Olympics that are his largest purpose in what might be his final season.
Nadal is coaching laborious on clay and can play in Bastad as a preparatory stage earlier than the Olympics. For Paris 2024, the champion of the 22 Grand Slam titles will play the 2 modalities that the match permits is the only and the double, and for accomplice, he selected Carlos Alcaraz.
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Rafael Nadal skipped Wimbledon
In a current interview with Tennis365, Dusan Lajovic talked concerning the Huge 3: “I’m fortunate to have performed all of the greats. I performed Roger at Wimbledon, I performed Rafael Nadal on the French Open and you’re enjoying the identify in addition to the participant.
On the day I beat Novak, I used to be capable of keep within the second and never take into consideration who I used to be enjoying and that’s the solely approach you’ll be able to win a match like that and it labored.” The Serbian praised Rafa: “Rafa unquestionably.
When you have got a one-handed backhand, he can provide you a lot hassle with that topspin. It’s only a nightmare.
I performed towards Rafa on the French Open ten years in the past and he simply destroyed everybody that yr, so it was no disgrace to lose towards him.”
Alex Corretja, a silver medallist on the Sydney 2000 Olympic Video games in doubles with Albert Costa, mentioned on Tuesday that the duo that Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz will type on the Paris 2024 Olympic Video games ‘is the duo of the last decade’: ‘There is no such thing as a doubt that that is the tennis duo of the last decade on the Olympic Video games.
All they may transmit, this vitality, this energy, the expertise of Rafa, which can be elementary to assist Carlos perceive what the Olympics are, added to the naturalness, youth and self-confidence of Alcaraz, make it an beautiful mixture.”
