The ultimate ‘King of Clay’ Rafa will surely choose to defend his crown at French Open


The ultimate ‘King of Clay’ Rafa will surely choose to defend his crown at French Open

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After waiting for a long time, tennis world finally announced the resumption of the season in mid-August. Along with this they also announced the freaking exhausting calendar that is scheduled with such short span of time.

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Doesn’t even allowing players to breathe, the US and French Open, are just two weeks apart forcing players will have to make a quick transition from hard to clay.

Toni Nadal even said that it’s gonna be hard for BIG3 looking at their age. Then he mentioned that Rafael Nadal should choose to defend one of his crowns.

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John McEnroe, 11 time Grand Slam Champion believes that Rafael Nadal will only prefer to play Roland Garros.

“Rafa is the one you would think that might be a bit tricky for him to go from hard to clay. That’s not something he likes to do or has done very often,” McEnroe told BBC.

“It will be interesting to see if some European Players decide not to come over to the US because of some concerns over renewed outbreaks and it seems as though New York is doing much better. But who knows what is going to happen in the next months.”

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“I think it can be done and it sounds as though they have set it up in a way that is extremely safe for the players and the few people that will be allowed in. I would be surprised if the top players certainly, have the right not to play, but I would be surprised if they don’t play,” he added.

With no doubt it’s gonna be difficult to choose between one option for players but when it comes to Rafa, the ultimate ‘King of Clay’ , then we believe he will make no time choosing French Open in Paris.

And talking about Djokovic, John believes that the world No.1 might be present at both the tournaments.

As on Thursday, the Serbian was finally tested negative for COVID-19 and we are hoping to see him fit and fine on the tournaments.

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“You are talking about two of the three majors that remain, that is a huge deals for the players. It has been done before and it won’t affect more than a couple of players. Obviously we presume and hope Novak will be fine and able to compete if he chooses to do so at the US Open,” he concluded.

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