R.Rafael Nadal And Novak Djokovic. Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal. The reading order doesn’t matter. These two names will forever remain in the memory of tennis fans who were lucky enough to witness the magnificent fights between these two off the charts.
If their departure is confirmed, the 2024 season will be the last for these two tennis players. Rafa Nadal has already stated that this will be his last year. However, Djokovic’s decision is still unclearalthough it was his father who wanted to clarify his son’s intentions.
“As for my desires for him, I would say that he fulfilled them all seven or eight years ago. Tennis is just a part of his life.but not all my life. Hopefully he will be recognized for what he does after his career is over and I hope that will be next year,” he said. Srdjan Djokovic.
Definitely, It will be last dance where anything can happen. Both Nadal and Djokovic know that with each season the demand grows and that it becomes more difficult to win, but the rivalry gene is always there and they will not disappoint in the tournaments they play.
Grand slam tournaments
As of July 2023, Grand Slams are no longer balanced.. Novak Djokovic was able to pick up number 23 in Nadal’s garden, while the Spaniard remains at number 22, one less than the Serbian. What is clear is that if the departure of a tennis player from Belgrade, The two tennis players will do their best to try and win the four Grand Slams on the calendar: Australia, Roland Garros, Wimbledon And US Open.
Djokovic and Nadal greet each other at the end of their quarterfinal match at Roland Garros 2022.
The problem is that there is a tennis player who wants to make history and that Carlos Alcaraz, current world number 1 who will want to stop Nadal and Djokovic from adding another big one. The Murcian already knows what it means to beat Novak in a Grand Slam final, as he demonstrated this season at Wimbledon. Carlitos only needs to beat Rafa Nadal in the grand final.
Masters 1000
The last dance of Novak Djokovic and Rafa Nadal could also be carried over to the Masters 1000. In this sense, the Serbian starts with an advantage because he has 38 titles compared to 36 for the Spaniard, who said he only plays in those tournaments, especially for him like Madrid, Monte Carlo, Rome, Indian Wells.
Rafa Nadal at the Mutua Madrid Open 2022, a very special tournament for him
The downside is that in Masters 1000 you never know what might happen and any player can win this type of tournament as has been demonstrated in recent seasons with Cameron Norrie, Hubert Hurkach, Pablo Carreno…
Olympic Games
The 2024 Olympic Games will be held in Paris and here Nadal starts with an advantage. Because? For two reasons. On the one hand, the Spaniard already knows what it means to win Olympic gold (twice: in Beijing 2008 and Rio 2016), and on the other hand, tennis competitions will be held in Roland Garrosgarden of Mallorca, where he won 14 titles.
Rafa Nadal wins doubles gold medal with Mark Lopez
For his part, Novak Djokovic will be earlier his last great opportunity to hang a gold medal, the only thing the Belgrade player lacks in his track record. Olympic discipline has never been good for the Serbian tennis player, and he will be under a lot of pressure in the French capital. But in Bois de Boulogne There will also be more people who want Carlos Alcaras, Stefanos Tsitsipas, Andrey Rublev.