Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic stated that it would be very difficult to face Spanish Rafael Nadal in the 2024 Summer Olympics and noted that he was pleased with the level he showed. His words are quoted “Championship.com”.
“It was a very difficult match: the decisive game 4:4, we played with old balls, I tried his serve, then I served with new ones. I handled the last two serves well but it was a very… very tense match, especially in the second set,” Djokovic said in an on-court interview.
The match, which lasted 1 hour and 43 minutes, ended in two sets with scores of 6:1 and 6:4. Djokovic completed five aces, made one double fault and converted 5 out of 12 break points. Nadal converted one serve, two double faults and two out of two break points.
In the third round of the Olympic Games, the Serbian tennis player will compete with the winner of the match between Germany’s Dominik Köpfer and Italian athlete Matteo Arnaldi.
The opening of the Olympics was heavily criticized. In particular, the ceremony organizers were accused of disrespecting believers due to their parody of Leonardo da Vinci’s “The Last Supper.” Later, on July 28, the event’s organizers He apologizedHe stated that they did not want to offend anyone.
Nadal before named Djokovic is more competitive than he is.