Rafael Nadal A fourteen-time Roland Garros champion, he suffered one of the worst draws ever, if not the worst, in his nineteen appearances at the Paris Grand Slam. The king of the land, with 112 victories in 115 individual matches in the tournament, will have to face the reigning champion of the Masters 1000 ATP in Rome and world number 4, the German Alexander Zverev already in the first round.
The hype is merciless for the current condition of the winner of 22 Grand Slam titles. He entered unprotected as world number 276, making him one of the favorites to win the Musketeers Cup.
Since 2005 Rafael Nadal began his haul of trophies, this was the first time in which he was not a clear candidate for the final victory. There were months of injury, fighting to say goodbye to tennis on the court. Having barely competed on clay, his performance reveals a lot of unknowns, especially since he doesn’t have the option of testing himself in the best of five sets. Your old safety valve is now a problem to deal with.
Tony Nadal his uncle and coach during many of his victories, appreciated the result of the draw Cope Chain. In the usual calm, but the slide violates the main rule that Rafa faces every Roland Garros. “I understand that Rafael needs to have an affordable draw in the first rounds to arrive with a good background for the second week and have a good Roland Garros,” he stressed.
This is a common practice because he always started as one of the top seeds, which made it possible to avoid explosive crosses like Zverev’s.
“It wouldn’t be possible because he had one of the toughest on the circuit, one of the favourites,” he pointed out.
Although he always trusted Rafa’s magic. “I am confident that if my nephew is healthy he can beat Zverev. But if you tell me who is the favorite, I think Zverev He’s a little more favourite, but if I were German I wouldn’t be happy with the draw. Rafael, no, but I don’t think he will be completely calm,” said Toni.
About picking his nephew’s fifteenth hit. “If he manages to get through the first round, I see him in the group of favorites. Obviously there is Alcaraz, there is Sinner, Zverev, Rublev. I don’t know Djokovic. He is always a favorite but so far the result He’s not very good yet. But you always have to remember that Rafael will be in this group, even if he can lose in the first round, like Zverev.”
Source: La Verdad
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