italian tennis legend Adriano Panatta He recently shared his thoughts on various things about current events in tennis. Starting from your favorite of the big 3 to Wimbledon, banning Russian players. The Italian legend who won a Grand Slam in 1976 at the French Open won a total of 10 titles in her career and reached No. 4 in the world in the highest ranking.
Panatta with his compatriots also won the Davis Cup in the same year of 1976 when Italy became a major power in the tennis circuit. He was also a very good doubles player, in fact he played even better doubles and had won 18 titles in his career, mostly paired with fellow Italian Paolo Bertolucci.
However, in a recent interview with Rai Radio 1, the Italian shared his favorite tennis player among the Big 3 that he comprises of Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic. The 71-year-old claimed that he doesn’t watch much tennis, but that he prefers Federer because he believes he is the main face of the sport even to date. He then shares how he likes Rafael Nadal from a humanitarian angle. But he doesn’t like Djokovic very much, mainly because of his controversial statements and then his stance on vaccination.
“I am following someone like Federer, who was and always will be tennis.” Panata said. Nadal? I enjoy watching his matches and above all, I admire him from a human point of view “Djokovic? Nothing personal but I dislike it, I’m a bit unpleasant with all the statements he has made in the last two years. He doesn’t have a correct one.
Novak Djokovic will face Andrey Rublev in the Serbian Open final showdown
Novak Djokovic after failing at the Monte Carlo Masters has shown a lot of struggle to reach the final at the Serbian Open where will he face Russia andrei rublev. The Serb so far has had to work very hard to win each and every win in this tournament, as he is far from his best form.
The 20-time Grand Slam winner began his journey against compatriot Laslo Djere in an epic three-set battle in which he somehow got away. Djere was in the driver’s seat at one point in the game, but lost the ball under pressure. In the quarterfinals, Djokovic faced another Serb in Miomir Kacmanovic and the Serbian duo played another three-set match as he came from behind to frustrate the youngster.
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Finally, in the semifinals, Djokovic faced Karen Khachanov. Once again, he had to come from behind to win the match from a set down to reach the final. So all three matches so far have been hard-fought victories and in all three, the World No. 1 has spent a lot of time on the pitch, something he was looking to do before Roland Garros.
The final at the Serbian Open is a proper first seed versus second seed clash, as Rublev will look to continue his destructive form against the World No. 1 at his home event in front of his home crowd. But for Djokovic, it will be a statement of intent if he wins the title, as he will send a message of warning to his rivals, as he has one eye on the Roland Garros title.
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