Rafael Nadal has conquered the Roland Garros 12 times to gain the well-deserved appellative of the King of Clay. The Spanish sensation has resumed his training in Mallorca after the lockdown has been eased.
However, it is now the end of May and historically, it is the time when the Roland Garros takes place. Unfortunately, that is not going to happen this year because of the Coronavirus pandemic. The French Open any still be staged by the end of September, but everything needs to be confirmed.
Nadal getting nostalgic
The Spanish Legend posted a tweet saying: “Today we should be in Paris … and we remember this unforgettable night in the team.”
Nadal retweeted a post published by his foundation that was remembering a fantastic event that was held in Paris 5 years ago.
Hoy tendríamos que estar en Paris… y recordamos en el equipo esta noche inolvidable https://t.co/gliTkaVVdB
— Rafa Nadal (@RafaelNadal) May 23, 2020
The GOAT race
Nadal is racing with Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic for being the man with most slam titles. Rafa currently has 19 majors under his belt vs. Roger’s 20 and Novak’s 17. It would be very important for the Mallorcan that the French Open will take place this year also because the nextgen is getting stronger and stronger and it will be more and more difficult to beat the upcoming players.
Rafael Nadal’s ranking and performance in 2020
Now ranked no.2, the Spaniard played his last match on the 29th of February when he beat Taylor Fritz 6-3 6-2 in the final in Acapulco to win his 85th career title.
This season the Spaniard has a 13-3 win-loss record. The Spaniard clinched 1 title in Acapulco.
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