Next January 16 it will start in Melbourne the first tennis Grand Slam of the season. The australian open It represents the beginning of the course in this sport and this time it will be there Novak Djokovic.
The return of the Serb, who was deported from that country last year for not being vaccinated, was celebrated by Nadal, the last winner of this Grand Slam in an epic comeback to Medvedevwhich has explained that it is something “good for tennis”.
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“Novak is here, he is good for tennis, probably good for the fans,” Nadal has now said, who last year, around the controversy that arose over Djokovic’s non-vaccination and the ban on him not playing in Australia , He said you had to respect the rules and that if he was not vaccinated it was normal that he could not play.
There is also the circumstance that Djokovic can match Nadal in Melbourne in number of Grand Slam titles (22 has the Spanish, 21 the Serbian) and that Novak has his favorite tournament in Australia, which he has won nine times, the Grand Slam that he has lifted the most times.
Regarding his preparation for the new season, which begins these days with the United Cup, Nadal added that “The greatest motivation is to try to start well. It is always important to start well for me, for confidence» and he explained that «the last few months have not been easy for me».
