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The World No. 1 is pursuing his third Belgrade title this week
At the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters, Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal, who have won a combined 13 titles at the tournament, were both upset early. In his Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell opener on Wednesday, Nadal lost a set against World No. 111 Ilya Ivashka.
Is there trouble brewing for two of tennis’ all-time greats? Djokovic isn’t concerned.
“We probably made a lot of people think that we can play perfect tennis every single week for the rest of our lives, but that’s not possible,” Djokovic said, cracking a laugh. “I don’t think there is anything strange, it’s just a bad week, [if] our opponents have a very good day, they win a tennis match. It’s as simple as that.”
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Rafael Nadal Wears Those Tight Shorts One More Time Before Defeat in Monte Carlo
Rafael Nadal was defeated in the quarter-finals of the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters tournament, but we thankfully got to see him in those tight pink shorts one more time!
The 34-year-old tennis star has been getting a lot of attention on social media for the shorts and how good he looks in them. Make sure to check out the one specific photo that has gone viral online.
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Nike needs a Nobel peace prize for these shorts, my man is on fiiiiire,” the fan who posted the photo said. And we agree!
Spaniard will fly to Barcelona tomorrow
Rafael Nadal was at a loss to explain his service woes on Friday at the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters, but the 11-time former champion says that he’ll quickly return to the practice court.
The Spanish superstar struck an uncharacteristic seven double faults – and was broken seven times – in his 6-2, 4-6, 6-2 loss to sixth-seeded Russian Andrey Rublev.
“For some reason I had problems with my serve,” said Nadal, who won just 42 per cent of his second service points. I don t understand why, because I was not having problems in the practices at all. But today, was one of those days that my serve was a disaster.