Rafael Nadal announced that in a few months, during which he will not even train, try to rebuild his battered body and allow him to return to competition at the end of this season, gaining momentum towards 2024 where his desire to close his career at a highly competitive level.
Manacorí has won the Masters 1000 ATP in Rome ten times, he has dominated it six times Novak Djokovicwhose title defense in the current edition ended in the quarterfinals at the hands of Dane Holger Rune.
In the first contest at the Foro Italico without Nadal and/or Djokovic In the final for the first time since 2005, Rome will have a new champion emerging from four formidable contenders, a quartet of top tennis players of proven quality.
the greek Stefanos Tsitsipaswho came closest to lifting the trophy in the Italian capital since he played in the 2022 final, closed the design of the penultimate round defeating the Croatian Borna Coric by 6-3 and 6-4 in 1h.36′.
Tsitsipas, 24 years old and world number 5, will face the Russian in the semifinals on Saturday Daniel Medvedev27 years old and nº 3, winner of the German day on Thursday Yannick Hanfman 6-2 and 6-2. The Hellene is counted in every appointment on the clay, a surface that the Muscovite does not love but to which he is getting used as he adds positive results.
The Scandinavian duel between Norwegian Casper Ruud, 24 years and No. 4, and the Danish Holger Rune20 years and no. 7.
Without Djokovic and Nadal, there is nothing Carlos Alcarazwho was fired in the third round against the Hungarian Fabian Maroszanbut there are some luxury candidates in action.
Since 2005, when the season began nadaljust the scotch andy murray (2016) and German Alexander Zverev (2017) entered the list of winners, breaking the dynamics of manacorí and Djokovic.
Source: La Verdad
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