It’s definitely Rafa time!
The Spanish legend has just announced he will participate to the ATP tournament in Beijing. This is a clear move to keep his quest to get the world no.1 rank after an astonishing first part of the season.
From Rafa
“I’m happy to be back in Beijing. I had very good opinions about the Diamond Court, I wish I could play there this year, I wait for all my fans in China” Rafa said.
From the Organisation
Alfred Zhang, the tournament director, commented “Nadal is a global superstar, and we are grateful to host him on our courts after the victory of 2005.”
Rafa will be back to the tournament after a 4 years absence.
Last year’s winner was Novak Djokovic that beat Tsonga 7-6 (4) 6-2 in the final
Ranking
The King of Clay is now ranked world no.5, but he has a comfortable lead (1st rank) in the year to date ranking where he is 2000pts above Nova Djokovic.
If Rafa has a good 2nd half of the season he will definitely manage to end the 2013 as world no.1.
Here the highlights of last year’s final between Djokovic and Tsonga won 7-6 (4) 6-2 by Nole
