Start a new edition of Roland Garros. The Parisian Grand Slam this year presents one of its most exciting editionswith three top candidates starting out as favorites for the title.
The whims of the draw, Djokovic, Nadal and Alcaraz are in the same place on the tableso only one of them will reach the final.
number 1 in the world last year occupied the throne thirteen times won by the Spaniards and now he seems to be in a good position to keep it, as evidence of his victory in the recent contest at Rome, the last big date in clay before the Parisian.
But Neither the Serbian has shown extraordinary strength in recent weeks nor is the Spaniard a candidate to be buried before his time. given the times that, in the past, it was born again when it was considered done.
Much of the 2022 harvest in Parisian clay depends on the state of Nadal’s left foot, both of which removed him from Rome last week and placed him in front of the couch, torn between pain and a passion for tennis.
No one would bet him as a candidate for the fourteenth Musketeers Cup if not for the fact the predictions don’t work. along with the same tennis player who, at the start of the year, became the first person to lift his 21st Grand Slam in Australia a few months after thinking of hanging up his racket.
NTH RECOVERY OF NADAL
His umpteenth resurrection at Roland Garros was not less unexpected, but impressive. The Balearic also added the Acapulco and Indian Wells tournamentsbefore the first rib injury, which forced him to stop.
On paper, his main rival is a Djokovic who leaves the bump at the start of the seasonwhen his refusal to get vaccinated deprived him of the Australian Open and the US tour and caused him to have a mental slump.
The Serbian has only added one tournament, Roma, a symptom of his return to the high level of competition, ready to match Nadal’s 21 majors.
Alcaraz’s brilliant years have placed him, despite his 19 years, as a major threat to two favorites.. Murcian, sixth in rank, will live his second time on French clay, but with more gallons, after wins in Rio, Miami, Barcelona and Madrid, more wins than others.
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What is not known will be his answer in a tournament this big, in which he has only participated five times, where last year’s quarterfinals in the United States were the best performance.
His victories in Barcelona and Madrid, where he well defeated Djokovic in the semi-finals, showed that he could also perform at a high level on clay and, for many, he was able to surpass the previous generation, which never was able to be ousted from the throne. the “Big 3”.
In that group is Russian Daniil Medvedev, number 2 in the world, who until last year had not passed the first round in Paris and where the season, after falling to Nadal in the Australian final, was fading.
Nor was it the best year of German Alexander Zverev, with two finals behind him, while Greek Stephanos Tsitsipas, winner for the second consecutive year in Monte Carlo and finalist in Rome, appears to be a serious threat, though last year at Roland Garros remains in the memory , when he dynamite the income of the two sets in favor.
Behind them, a long list of names, such as Russian Andrey Rublev, the Norwegian Casper Ruud, the Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime or the Italian Jannik Sinner await their turn.
Source: La Verdad
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