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Tennis – Australian Open: Nadal happy for Djokovic

Published on November 17, 2022 at 10:40 pm – updated on November 17, 2022 at 10:44 pm

Mathieu WARNIER

While Novak Djokovic has been given the green light by Australian authorities to participate in the upcoming Australian Open, Rafael Nadal told the press he was happy to see the Serbian make the trip to Melbourne next January.

Novak Djokovic will in fact return to the Australian Open. Expelled from the country this year on the background of the lack of vaccination against the coronavirus, the Serb has seen the local authorities change their minds and open the doors of the country to him next January for the 2023 edition of the first Grand Slam. Present to the press on Thursday after the success over Casper Ruud in the ATP Masters in Turin, Rafael Nadal did not shy away from a question about it and assured that it was “the best possible news”. For Spanish, in fact, ” tennis is always better when there are the best players on the court “. Admitting that the events around Novak Djokovic earlier in the year were “a big mess” that did no good” for tennis, Rafael Nadal has said he wants to look to the future, assuring that all of this “is in the past”.

Nadal: ‘This is the best news possible’

Emphasizing the fact that “Roger Federer no longer plays” and that he may have missed some Grand Slam tournaments due to injury, Rafael Nadal did not hide that Novak Djokovic’s presence in Melbourne is good news for the Australian tournament. “Everything that is in the past. Now Novak will be able to return to play in Melbourne. This is the best news possibleassured the native of Manacor during this press conference. I’m happy for him, happy for the tournament, happy for the fans. With the rise of the new generation, embodied by the world number 1 at the end of the season Carlos Alcaraz but also by Casper Ruud, two-time Grand Slam finalist this year, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic intend to still have a role to play, while the “Bull of Manacor” will try to defend the title won this year in Melbourne.

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