The editorial’s blog> Favorite 2021: Djokovic, the deadweight that kills!

All the members of the editorial staff of We Love Tennis have therefore designated their favorite for this year 2021. First published in the magazine We love, we are offering them to you on the site at the start of the week.

“Nadal leads 6–3, 3–6, 6–5 against the world number 1 for this long-awaited semi-final at Roland Garros. He even offers himself a set point almost synonymous with victory. On this crucial, decisive point, Novak dares to cushion it almost perfectly. For a moment, Rafael Nadal saw the set in his pocket, very close to victory, very close to the final and therefore very close to the 21^e title. The Serbian, he tried the impossible, the incredible, and success or fate smiled on him. Subsequently, he glued together and won in the tie-break, then put Rafa in the 4^e set. Here he is aiming his 19^e damn it, while Rafa, a little grumpy, stammers a few words at a press conference while saying to himself: 1000 times Nole can attempt this cushioning, 999 times it will not be so decisive … As what history can sometimes make winks eye to the most daring. And that evening, it is clear that Nole had a lucky star, a guardian angel who will abandon him a few months later in the land of the Rising Sun ”

Posted on Monday, December 13, 2021 at 08:46