After a year of inactivity due to various injuries, Rafael Nadal returned to the courts at the ATP 250 in Brisbane, Australia, and he did so with a defeat in doubles on December 31, but this Tuesday, January 2, he participated in singles and achieved a great victory 7-5 and 6-1 against none other than Dominic Thiem. After the match, he was happy for his return to professional tennis and made a comparison between Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic.
“Today is honestly an exciting and important day for me. After probably one of the hardest years of my tennis career, without a doubt, having the option to come back and stand in front of an incredible crowd and play with what I think it has been a very positive level for the first day, it is something that probably makes you feel proud for me, for the entire team and for the family, who were there every day during the last year,” he expressed to the people afterwards. to overcome the clash against the Austrian.
Nadal’s comparison between Federer and Djokovic
“To play against Federer I had a very clear tactic. He knew what I was going to look for, I knew he would try to defend himself. It was a chess game. And when you were wrong, you knew it. Nole has greatly enhanced his virtues, but he didn’t “He has adapted his game radically. With Djokovic there is not that level of strategy in the matches that there was with Federer,” said Rafael Nadal in an interview with El País. “You have to play Roger at a very high level and for a long time to beat him. He is different. I have been more excited to see Federer play than Djokovic, and in the end tennis is emotion and emotion is what draws you to him “With respect to titles, Djokovic is the best in history and there is nothing to discuss about that. Then, as always, everyone can combine the story as they wish,” he concluded.
The Argentines Sebastián Báez, 28th. in the ATP ranking, and Tomás Etcheverry, 30th, were eliminated this Tuesday in the first round of the ATP 250 tournament in Brisbane when they fell to the Slovakian Lukas Klein and the Czech Tomas Machac, respectively. Báez lost to Klein 4-6, 6-3 and 6-4, in two hours and 15 minutes, while Etcheverry was beaten by Machac with a 6-7 (5-7), 7-5 and 7-6 ( 7-1) in three hours and nine minutes.
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2024-01-02 16:55:16
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