Rome is the first event on the 2023 ATP Tour to feature in the competition draw Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovicwho have not competed in a tournament since the ‘indoor’ Paris-Bercy, November 2022. They are the victims of the Danish Holger Runein the semifinals and finals, respectively.
Injuries, calendar choices or restrictions separated their paths. They did not meet at the Australian Open because Carlitos had a physical problem.
He returned to the clay of Buenos Aires and Rio, untrodden by ‘Nole’. The Spaniard chose Acapulco, which he missed due to injury, the week the Serb chose Dubai.
His pulse for the world number one, that Djokovic He recovered in Australia and will give up in Rome as soon as Alcaraz plays a match in the tournament, until now he has stayed away.
Balkan is not in the successful US Open 2022 of the tennis player from El Palmar, or this course in Indian Wells and Miami due to not being vaccinated against Covid. A rule for foreign visitors that the United States will lift this Thursday.
In an accidental game of cat and mouse, Monte Carlo just went Djokovic, who later left Madrid. With the Godó dates, the Serbian chose his tournament, this time based in Banja Luka.
If nothing unusual happens, the two will be rivals in Rome, although their direct rivalry is only possible in the final. As also at Roland Garros, whose next edition has taken on a very different tone since then Rafael Nadal his domain began in 2005 due to a hip injury that sidelined him from the tour.
It remains to be seen when the second will arrive. Alcaraz vs. Djokovic. The first was won by Carlitos at Madrid 2022.
Source: La Verdad
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