McEnroe: “I don’t think they will put Nadal as the first or second seed”

In his personal podcast, the tennis commentator commented on the situation that Rafa Nadal was experiencing and what his overwhelming fall in the world rankings means. This will have a key importance in the course of the Spanish within Roland Garros.

There are only a few weeks remaining for Roland Garros to begin with its respective preliminary phase. He second Grand Slam of the year, and the only one on clay, continues to maintain the uncertainty of whether Rafa Nadal will finally make an appearance to defend his title in Paris. The man from Manacor continues immersed in his recovery period after his elimination at the Australian Open.

That is why Patrick McEnroe, during the broadcast of his Holding Court podcast, spoke, in statements collected by the newspaper AS, about the current situation in which Nadal would find himself if he ended up playing the great tournament in France. It should be noted that the former world number one has been losing tournaments of the caliber of Dubai, Indian Wells, Miami, Monte Carlo, Barcelona, ​​Madrid and Rome.

Which seed would Rafa Nadal be at Roland Garros 2023?

On the qualifying situation of Rafa Nadal

“I think Nadal has fallen to 15th place in the ranking, so It will be interesting to see where the French Federation places Nadal at the top seed. They tend to use the ranking number as a general norm and when Nadal faced Djokovic in the quarterfinals last year, I didn’t like it, but I don’t think they’ll change it”.

Regrets that it is so far from the best positions of the moment

“If they continue with their custom, I don’t think they’ll put Nadal first or second seed, and I think they should, at least top 4. The lack of tournaments has made him fall out of the top 10 before Roland Garros And to me, that’s the big question we all want an answer to.”

Patrick McEnroe, during the last edition of the tournament, about a confrontation against Nole far from the final

“Come on, Roland Garros, it’s time to change the seeding system. It’s enough. We already had a Nadal – Djokovic in the semifinals last year. One of the greatest matches of all time, in the semifinals. Tennis needs these matches in the final. Now we can have a Djokovic – Nadal in the quarterfinals. Come on, let’s change this.”