The ‘World Tennis League’ which takes place in the United Arab Emirates is dedicated these days to the attention of the tennis world. Some of the best tennis players on the circuit have been tested in the Middle East to prepare for the upcoming start of the season.
This Thursday we saw Paula Badosa and Stefanos Tsitsipas for the first time as lovers in court. The Catalan and the Greek won 6-4 against the duo formed by Sofia Kenin and Daniil Medvedev, who also played a men’s doubles match with his good friend Andrey Rublev.
The Russian duo beat Stefanos Tsitsipas and Grigor Dimitrov 7-6(3) in an entertaining match full of fun moments.
However, the main joke came after the meetingwhen Rublev took the microphone to attend the interview at the foot of the track.
“I understand that you are the godfather of Daniel’s son?” the journalist asked him, to which Rublev replied thus: “Actually I am the father. He is the godfather“.
After some uncomfortable laughter, ATP’s number 5 straightened up: “Yes, I’m the godfather“And all this with Medvedev sitting in his chair with a look that doesn’t know exactly how to respond.
The other person affected by the joke, Daria, took it better.. The wife of the former world number 1 humorously took Andrey’s words.
More seriously, and in remarks to ‘The National’, Rublev talks about Rafa Nadal’s return to the courtswho saw options to fight again for big titles.
“I think Rafa is going to try until the end, he is going to try to win more Grand Slams. He and Novak are two tennis players playing to make a mark in the tennis world. We don’t know what their level will be yet, but we’ve seen people say many times that the era of Federer, Nadal or Djokovic is coming to an end… and they always shut up. Therefore, I will not be surprised if Rafa wins the Grand Slams again,” said the Russian tennis player.
Source: La Verdad
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