This is not the first time this year that Boris Becker has said so. He has not been convinced by Rafael Nadal since the start of the clay season. The German finds the man with the 20 Grand Slams much more feverish than in previous years. So much so that according to him, the margin between Nadal and his competitors would be much smaller …
“Normally you would say, ‘Nadal won three of the four clay court tournaments’ but that hasn’t happened this year. He won a minor tournament, Barcelona, and now finally Rome. Stefano Tsitsipas won in Monte Carlo and Sascha Zverev in Madrid. It must be said clearly that the other players have caught up a little, or the reverse: Nadal will be 35 years old at the beginning of June. There is no tournament more physically demanding than Roland Garros. This is perhaps a first signal with a slower Nadal who gets tired a little faster than before. In the end, you can also see it in the results: it did not go very well in Rome and Barcelona too, ”said the consultant for Eurosport.
Posted on Thursday, May 27, 2021 at 08:38
