Conde de Godó 2024: Nadal will play the Godó, like Alcaraz | Tennis | Sports

The doubts with the presence of Rafael Nadal in the Conde de Godó Trophy have already been dispelled. Last Wednesday he arrived at the facilities of the Real Club de Tenis de Barcelona (RCTB) with the intention of testing himself and, after four days in which he has been accumulating the training load and increasing the level of his rivals, his participation has been confirmed. after the conclusion of the confrontation draw, where it was the innocent hand. Under the spring sun in the upper part of Barcelona and the public’s mobile phones rising, it was announced that his first rival will be the Italian Flavio Cobolli, number 63 in the world, next Tuesday the 16th, still awaiting official confirmation.

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“I’m happy to be here. Barcelona has given me many joys, I have spent many times in my life and this is my club. Spending days here, seeing the people, being able to train with the players is a joy,” Nadal confessed after the draw, where he shared a table with the tournament’s sports director, David Ferrer, and the actor Peter Vives, the other innocent hand. In the next round, if he beats Cobolli, he could face Álex de Miñaur (11th in the world) and against Carlos Alcaraz it would not be until a hypothetical semifinal.

“I hope Nadal and Alcaraz meet in the semifinal. Rafa is competing at a high level and Carlos is fully recovered. I want to dream about this semifinal,” said David Ferrer, the tournament’s sports director. The Murcian tennis player, who will play next Wednesday against the winner of the match between Van Assche or Zhang, will defend his title for the second consecutive year despite the discomfort that prevented him from playing the tournament in Monte Carlo. “It will be a special Godó because we have Rafa with us after a few years in which he has not been able to compete and I am happy to see him again here, in his house,” added Ferrer.

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2024-04-13 12:14:53
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