Rafa after his loss was still in 'disappointment' mode and that is understandable, when he goes home to Mallorca, gets on his boat goes fishing, swims etc, his head will do the talking I feel not his heart, he did say despite the disappointments and setbacks he enjoyed his tennis again, a positive sign from Rafa.
Two years off the tour.. facing the Novak and the #4 doubles team at the games.. I'm quite sure Toni would tell Rafa he needs to give his body and mind a full year on the tour to get back to his best level at this point in his career. He has to go to Toronto or this year is OVER. IMO
Well the main draw for Montreal this year, men played Toronto last year, they alternate remember, will be on Saturday 3rd August, so I dont think Rafa will be playing unless at the last minute he asks for a WC
Rafa hasnt said he was retiring? if you read one of my previous posts, he said he said despite the setbacks and disappointments of the last 4 months he still enjoyed his tennis, quite frankly after Olympics, I never thought he would play the USO, transition time from clay to HC, is too quick,f you see some of the results today Thursday in Montreal l 3 top seeds lost, all played at the Olympics? also gone are the days he can play himself into a tournament, I felt like others he had to play a warm up tournament eg Montreal this year, Rafa was only on the 'entry list for the USO" that dosent mean he was going to play?.Rafa always had intentions of playing the Laver Cup., regardless of it being an exhibition tournament.
Is Roger playing doubles in Berlin? all I heard previously that Rafa was doing him a favor, seeing Roger has interests in the Laver Cup, lets see if Roger does unretire to play doubles
Up to Nadal basically.
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Seeing that they are good friends I wont be surprised if Nadal asks Roger to play doubles with himUp to Nadal basically.
Roger Federer reveals he could come out of retirement in Rafael Nadal Laver Cup vow
Roger Federer has divulged he would be willing to come out of retirement to play doubles with Rafael Nadal at this year's Laver Cup.
Yup. I reckon he will. Would be nice to see him play again if only for doubles and they were good to watch together in 2022.
For me, Rafa should have saved himself for the USO because it has been his best tournament outside of RG. He knew Novak , Carlos would be totally SPENT afterwards playing the channel slams plus the French Games which Sinner was wise not to participate. The Laver Cup is a glorified exhibition which I have NEVER been interested in watching even though it came to Chicago. As a Nadal fan, 2024 was the worst year!
