Rafael Nadal is without any doubt the best clay court player in tennis history. The Spanish Legend has won 9 Roland Garros in 10 years and he is always a favorite to win the French Open… well… probably not this year.
Rafa is currently world no.4 and if he doesn’t have a good run in Madrid and Rome he might well fall to world no.5. That means that the King of Clay may play top players such as Djokovic before the semifinal. Given the circumstances Rafa’s fans expect a sort of boosting of his seeding from the French Open organization, but that won’t happen.
The Organization
Gilbert Ysern, the tournament director, commented “We thought about it. We could not not ask the question for a champion like him, who has embodied the tournament for 10 years and only once not won a match. But the circumstances are different. In 2013, he came in injured. Today, it is his sporting level, it seems, which has fallen. He is not hampered. So, we will not adjust the seedings in his favor.”
We are sure that Rafa will do everything he can to prove them wrong.
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