Rafa Nadal’s words that Novak Djokovic will not like

The return of Rafael Nadal At 37 years old, he has raised many expectations in the world, but especially in Australiawhere the Balearic player makes his individual debut this Tuesday, not before 9:30 am, on el ATP 250 in Brisbane. Gone are the physical problems that hinder and question the performance of nadaland they insisted on undergoing surgery in June on his birthday.

Nadal’s return lights up one of Brisbane’s skyscrapers and probably lights up the mobile screen of the world number 1, the Serbian. Novak Djokovic. In an interview with ‘El País’, the Mallorcan was asked about the many head-to-head matches he played against the two top rackets of Federer and Djokovic, and Rafa’s answer would not please ‘Nole’.

“To play against Federer I had a very clear tactic. He knew what I was going to look for, I knew he was going to try to defend himself. It was a chess game. And when you make a mistake, you know it,” he explained. of his matches against the Swiss. Roger Federerbut when asked about his matches with Djokovic, the Belgrade It didn’t come out well. “He improved his virtues a lot, but he didn’t adapt his game very well. With Djokovic there is not that level of strategy in matches that there is with Federer. You have to play at a very high level and for a long time to beat him. It’s different “I’m more excited to see Federer play than Djokovic, and ultimately tennis is about emotion and emotion is what pulls you into it.”

Rafael Nadal has reappeared in Brisbane partnering with Marcel Granollers, an ‘enjoyed’ defeat according to the two smiling despite the defeat; waiting for the debut this Tuesday match Thiem (not before 9:30 am), waiting to find out what their performance on Australian Openthe first grand slam of the season, after last year he lost in the second round against the American Mackenzie McDonald (6-4, 6-4, 7-5) due to hip muscle problem.