The Madrid tournament is coming into its own more and more Rafa Nadal he is certainly among the players who is arousing the most interest. The Majorcan champion, despite his age and many injuries, is showing off on the red clay of the Caja Magica an excellent level of tennis. Well supported by the home crowd, Rafa took revenge in the second round of the Iberian Masters1000 against the Australian Alex de Minaur (world no. 11), who had defeated him in Barcelona.
A result that amazed. You talked about it during thelast episode of Domenica Sportiva on Rai 2 HD, Adriano Panatta. The champion of Roland Garros and the 1976 Internazionali d’Italia, as well as the Davis Cup in that same year, he has declared: “I didn’t think Nadal could beat de Minaur, he certainly feels at ease at home and on clay courts. Congratulations to him who stays there and doesn’t want to give way to anyone“.
Panatta then also spoke briefly about the Italians remaining in the game, including Jannik Sinner: “He beat Sonego, but it was pretty normal. He will now play against the Russian Pavel Kotov, who is a good player but nothing more. To underline the victory of Jasmine Paolini, who clearly defeated the French Caroline Garcia, a strong player, and we will also have Cobolli on the pitch“.
A Monday, therefore, with strong blue hues Madrid And we’ll see if Sinner and Cobolli will be able to continue on the pathas well as Paoliniin a comparison “Italy vs Russia“, taking into account the opponents: the aforementioned Kotov and Karen Khachanov for Jannik and the Roman; Mirra Andreeva for Tuscany.
