Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic are competing for becoming the tennis player who has conquered most majors in his career in singles (both won 20 slams alongside Roger Federer)
While the Serbian champion seems to be the hot favorite to win his 21st slam, Rafael Nadal has definitely a shot at conquering his 14th Roland Garros. However, Rafa will give it a try to win the upcoming Australian Open, with Djokovic still in doubt about his participation.
Rafael Nadal cast some doubts about playing the major Down Under after a not-so-great participation at the Mubadala World Tennis Championship. After Abu Dhabi, Rafa also got infected by the Coronavirus and everything seemed to point to him staying in Mallorca in January.
However, Rafa surprised everyone by traveling to Melbourne, where he will also play a warm-up event before the Australian Open.
According to this video, Nadal looks quite fit and ready to go.
Rafael Nadal in 2022
At the moment ranked no.6, the Spaniard played his last match on the 18th of December 2021 when he was overcome by Denis Shapovalov 6-7(4) 6-3 10-6.
During this season the Spaniard has achieved a compiled 0-0 win-loss record.
Novak Djokovic in 2022
LWWWWWWLWW At the moment ranked no.1, Novak played his last match on the 3rd of December 2021 when he beat Marin Cilic 6-4 6-2 in the Rubber 2 of the Davis Cup (draw).
This season Novak has achieved an overall 0-0 win-loss record.
Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic played each other 58 times. Their head to head is 30-28 for Djokovic. The last time they squared off, Novak Djokovic won 3-6 6-3 7-6(4) 6-2 in the semifinal in Paris (French Open) in June 2021.
In the following video you can watch the highlights.
