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Australian Open 2023: Defending champion Rafael Nadal makes retirement wish, admits Roger Federer retirement was ‘ hard to digest’ ahead of Melbourne return – Check out

Australian Open 2023: Defending champion Rafael Nadal makes retirement wish, admits Roger Federer retirement was ‘ hard to digest’ ahead of Melbourne return – Check out

Australian Open 2023: Defending champion Rafael Nadal has made retirement wish, while admitting about Roger Federer retirement being’ hard to digest’ ahead of Melbourne return. Nadal won the 2022 Australian Open to surpass Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic as the player with most number of Grand Slam titles.  During an interview with Spanish media outlet […]

Australian Open 2023: Defending champion Rafael Nadal has made retirement wish, while admitting about Roger Federer retirement being’ hard to digest’ ahead of Melbourne return. Nadal won the 2022 Australian Open to surpass Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic as the player with most number of Grand Slam titles.  During an interview with Spanish media outlet MARCA,  Nadal made admission about retiring on court and how it was difficult to digest Roger Federer retiring from the spot. Follow Australian Open 2023 updates with InsideSport.IN.

Sharing an update on his retirement Nadal said, “As for my retirement, I don’t visualise it for a simple fact, because I’m not one to try to guess, predict or prepare the future, because things change very quickly, right?. I know that moment is closer than last year, without a doubt, and two years ago. That is pure logic. It is that I do not visualise it . Roger’s retirement was a sad and exciting day at the same time.”

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Australian Open 2023: Defending champion Rafael Nadal makes retirement wish, admits Roger Federer retirement was ‘ hard to digest’ ahead of Melbourne return – Check out

Rafael Nadal speaks about Roger Federer retirement being hard to digest 

Speaking of Roger Federer, the 20-time Grand Slam champion brought down curtains on his glittering career at the age of 41. Nadal who was Federer’s fiercest rival attended his farewell match at Laver Cup. The duo played together for the last time in a double match but ended up on losing side to Team World’s Jack Sock and Frances Tiafoe. The photo of Federer and Nadal crying was one of the iconic photos of the year.
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After claiming the Australian Open title this year, Nadal will be defending the crown next year with Novak Djokovic making his return to get back the trophy. Djokovic failed to defend the crown this year after getting deported from Australia due to COVID-19 vaccine issues.  Speaking of his preparations for the first grand slam of 2023, Nadal said
“I will play at least two matches before the Australian Open – on January 2nd I will play against Nick Kyrgios – which will be very good for me and hopefully we can advance further but it is clear that the draw -Spain shares a group with Great Britain and the local Australia – is complicated. We have to be realistic and admit that I’m going to be a bit short of fitness, but I’m going to try to win or at least get to the level I need to be competitive in Melbourne”.

Australian Open 2023: Defending champion Rafael Nadal makes retirement wish, admits Roger Federer retirement was ‘ hard to digest’ ahead of Melbourne return – Check out

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