Nadal avoids Djokovic until the final in Rome

Rafael Nadal y Novak Djokovic They will only be able to meet at the Rome Masters 1,000 if the two tennis players reach the final of the Foro Italico tournament that begins this Tuesday, May 7, for the women’s team and on Wednesday for the men’s team. In the draw held this Monday, the Balearic tennis player, 10-time champion of the tournament, will face a tennis player from the previous phase.

He Nadal’s way in Rome I would face, in the second round, the Polish Hubert Hurkacz (9th in the world), in third possibly the Argentine Martín Etcheverry (28), in the round of 16 the Dane Holger Rune (12), in quarterfinals to the Russian Daniil Medvedev (4) and in a hypothetical semifinals his rivals could be the Russian Andrei Rublev (6), recent champion in Madrid, or the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas (8). For his part, Djokovic (1), who returns after a break of a month and a half, will debut against the Russian Roman Safiulin or a tennis player from the previous one.

Nadal He is already in Rome where this Monday he trained for three hours. The Balearic tennis player who is progressing in his physical condition will decide after the tournament his presence at Roland Garroswhich is currently in the affirmative.

In the Roman tournament they will not even be Carlos Alcaraz, even with problems in his right forearmnor the Italian Jannik Sinner (2nd in the world), who had to withdraw from the Caja Mágica in the quarterfinals with a hip injury that could also put his participation in Roland Garros at risk, which begins on May 26. At the Foro Italico the presence of Medvedev and Rublev is also not certain, drawn in the draw this Monday, but who have physical problems and could resign at the last minute.

The possible round of 16:

Novak Djokovic (Serb/1)-Karen Khachanov (Rus/16)

Ben Shelton (USA/12)-Casper Ruud (Nor/5)

Alexander Zverev (Ale/3)-Alexander Bublik (Kaz/15)

Taylor Fritz (USA/11)-Grigor Dimitrov (Bul/8)

Stefanos Tsitsipas (Gre/6)-Alex de Miñaur (Aus/9)

Ugo Humbert (Fra/13)-Andrey Rublev (Rus/4)

Hubert Hurkacz (Pol/7)-Holger Rune (Din/10)

Tommy Paul (USA/14)-Daniil Medvedev (Rus/2)

2024-05-06 11:27:23
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