Rafael Nadal, he confessed that “I was surprised at myself, I didn’t expect to be able to give this level, I had serious doubts”. He eliminated the current champion, the toughest rival of his career, Novak Djokovic. The third favorite in the tournament controversy, young Carlos Alcaraz, fell into the hands of the German alexander zverev25 years old and No. 3, rival today (2:45 pm/DMAX, Eurosport, Direct WEB MD) of the king of clay.
The No. 5 that Nadal showed some surprise at how well he played against No. 1 after a six-week layoff with a rib stress injury that ruined any proper clay-court preparation plans. “I’m not surprised”, however, his coach meant Carlos Moya. “I have a lot of trust in him and I really appreciate his game and his level. It was the most atypical gravel season of his career. Obviously we also have doubts, but when necessary, he usually responds. And so it has been so far. Historically, that’s how it is ”.
Sasha Zverev He said he was excited to watch one of Nadal’s first training sessions in this edition, with his coach Sergi Bruguera and his father Alexander Zverev, as they noticed that the ball was speeding at 30 km/h. Spanish. faster. “Once you step on this track, it’s 30% better,” he concludes. Charly Moya admittedly “yes, Rafa came here and mentally makes a click. He forgets everything. The good thing about it is its speed in the first rounds and it refines. To get to one hundred percent you have to play. Training gives you 75-80, but to reach that path you have to win games, you have to suffer, you have to spend a lot of time on the court and he reached it ”.
The test is Novak Djokovic, and he surpassed it with excellence. “He is clearly the great rival or one of the great winners of the tournament. The draw is what it is. But he also tries to tell her that the draw was too bad for Djokovic. I try to see the positive side, we know who he lost, but the task is not over yet “, Moyà warned in the line of Rafa Nadal, who lamented that” unfortunately, they were a few quarters and I won nothing ” .
“The title is pretty close, obviously, but we all know there are still two games to go before the top goal,” said Charly, who analyzes Zverev as “a very rocky player, who got confidence. A month ago I probably didn’t expect to make it to the semi-finals. He almost looks like Rafael. And he’s slowly gaining confidence and rhythm. He saved a match point in the second round (against Sebastian Baez |). And he beat another of the favorites, alcaraz, playing very good tennis. This shows that he is a tough player, that he moves very well for how tall he is (1.98 m), that he hits very hard in the backhand and is confident. It’s going to be a tough game. “
The German knows that I haven’t beaten them in a Grand Slam (Djokovic and Nadal), but I’m feeling close. The difference between playing a difficult match and winning it is the difference. I hope I get it this time. “
Repeat in the semifinals of Roland Garros, after missing Stefanos Tsitsipas in 2021. Up front, a Rafa Nadal who has 30 at the Grand Slam, 15 in Paris, and wants his most important gift on his 36th birthday. Another final and dominate it, against the Norwegian Casper Ruud or Croatian Marin Cilic.
Source: La Verdad
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