Rafael Nadal will return to Paris in early November after the thirteenth triumph at Roland Garros and will try to break the record at the local Indoor Masters. The second player in the world tennis rankings confirmed the start in Bercy, where he would eventually catch the Serbian rival Novak Djokovic with the 36th trophy from the Masters tournaments. On the contrary, he announced that he would not start in the French capital.
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Rafael Nadal confirmed his participation in Paris
Christian Hartmann, Reuters
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After another great performance at the clay grand slam, Nadal left his next program open. “It’s time for the indoor season. I’m preparing for Paris-Bercy,” the 34-year-old Spanish tennis player announced on Twitter with a photo from training at his academy.
He will start for the eighth time at the local Masters, which starts on November 2. He reached the quarterfinals at least each time; the farthest for the first time in 2007, when he lost to the Argentine David Nalbandian in the final.
A miracle called Nadal! It will end within three years at the latest, said Czech capacity in 2009
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This season, significantly shortened due to the covid-19 disease, Nadal has a balance of 22 wins and four defeats so far. He also won the title ahead of Roland Garros in Acapulco in February and, thanks to the 20th Grand Slam trophy ten days ago, equaled Roger Federer’s record.
Djokovic won last year in Bercy, but he will not defend the title. “I would not get any points in the rankings there. I will go to Vienna and London,” a tennis player told Serbian journalists, whose goal is to finish the year in first place in the ATP standings.
He is not thrilled by Nadal’s ability to equal his record of 36 Masters titles. “It’s really not my priority. I would like to go down in history as the tennis player who spent the most weeks at the top of the ATP rankings,” added Djokovic, who is 19 weeks behind Federer.
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