The Roland Garros draw is as volatile as it is brutal. He showed no mercy to the current status of his fourteen-time champion, Rafael Nadal who occupies the 276th place in the world ranking because he has barely competed in the last year and a half due to a serious hip injury first and some stomach problems later.
Without the protection of starting as seeded, he went into the first round against one of the tournament favorites, the German. Alexander Zverev World no. 4, recent winner of the ATP Masters 1000 in Rome and semi-finalist in three previous editions of the Parisian Grand Slam.
The German spoke on the subject this Saturday in Paris. He explained how he found out the result of the draw. “I was training with Andrey Rublev. When I finished, my brother (former tennis player Mischa Zverev) told me. Is this a joke? At first I thought he was joking. But I realized he wasn’t. “
She fulfills Sasha’s wish but not at the time she wants. “Honestly, I would like to play with Nadal one more time in my career, because the last memory is leaving the court in a wheelchair (ankle injury in the 2022 semifinal). Although the ideal would be to play in the final stage of the tournament , but he was not seeded and I was a difficult draw for both of us. Let’s see what happens on Monday,” he commented.
“No one wants to play against Rafa in the first round. Definitely Novak (Djokovic), No. neither Carlos (Alcaraz) or Jannik (Sinner). He was injured, what is his ranking and what is that, although I don’t want to play with him either,” he noted.
He does not trust it, “I will wait for the best Nadal. I remember that in 2022 there were doubts, because he did not win in Monte Carlo, Madrid, or Rome, and he dominates Roland Garros.”
They can be seen with a legend, with their own statue attached. “I’m not playing against a statue, but a real person, but it’s Rafa Nadal at Roland Garros.” And he’s waiting for Manacorí for big occasions, he doesn’t want to get carried away by the Balearic Islands’ lack of results on the dirt tour.
Source: La Verdad
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