The Spanish Rafael Nadal will be eligible for his fifteenth crown at Roland Garros, after having been included in the pre-list of participants, published this Tuesday, thanks to his protected ranking. The Spaniard, who has plummeted in the ranking after spending more than a year without competing due to injuries, will be able to participate in the last tournament in which he competed, the 2022 Roland Garros, where he lifted the trophy for the fourteenth time .
Although it is true that the Spaniard competed in Brisbane, where he was defeated in the match against Jordan Thompson and in which he suffered physical discomfort. After that occasion, he returned to play a match against the other Spanish tennis great, Carlos Alcaraz, at the Netflix exhibition in Las Vegas. This is why he was able to request protected ranking, something that tennis players can apply for when they are injured and do not compete in tournaments for a minimum period of six months.
Along with him, there are the main stars of the circuit, such as number 1, Serbian Novak Djokovic, who will defend his title in Paris; the Italian Jannik Sinner; the Spanish Carlos Alcaraz; or the Russian Daniil Medvedev. The cut of the pre-list is marked by the Frenchman Luca van Assche, while players such as the Peruvian Juan Palo Varillas, the Austrian Dominic Thiem, the Chilean Cristian Garin or the Spanish Albert Ramos are well positioned on the waiting list.
In the women’s team, the Polish Iga Swatek appears well positioned to lift her fourth title on the Parisian clay court, along with the Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka, the American Coco Gauff, the Kazakh Elena Rybakina and the American Jessica Pegula. There is also the Japanese Naomi Osaka, who has clung to her ranking protected from her, as has the German Angelique Kerber or the Canadian Bianca Andreescu. The order of the seeds for the tournament will be known from the ranking that is published on May 20, six days before the start of the tournament, whose final is scheduled for June 9.
2024-04-16 15:23:12
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