Iker Kind 21/06/2024 at 17:09 CEST
The duo Nadal-Alcaraz will be one of the biggest attractions for doubles in the Olympic Games. Both Spaniards will try to capture their individual version in a modality in which they will fight together. In addition to them, throughout history they have joined several tennis stars to compete in a tournament.
Roger Federer and Rafa Nadal They starred in the doubles pair that made the tennis fan cry. The Swiss, in his farewell as a player, and the Spaniard played a match together in the 2022 Laver Cup. A match that ended with both tennis players with tears in their eyes, leaving an image for history.
Andy Murray surprised before starting Wimbledon with the news that he would play men’s and mixed doublesbut especially when he announced the name of his partner: Serena Williams. This iconic duo reached the round of 16 of the Grand Slamfalling before Bruno Soares and Nicole Melichar.
Despite not having the same relationship as with Nadal, Federer He also played a doubles with Novak Djokovic. It was also in the Laver Cup, the 2018and suffered a defeat against the couple Kevin Anderson-Jack Sock. As an anecdote, the Serbian sent a direct right blow behind Roger’s back, who received him with an ironic smile.
The last possible doubles of the ‘Big Three’ It was also given:Novak Djokovic y Rafael Nadal! The rivalry between the two was not at all what it is now, but, even so, the two came together in a Masters 1000: the 2010 Toronto. The unprecedented pair were defeated in their first match, but it was the first time that number 1 and number 2 played together in a tournament since 1976when they did it Jimmy Connors y Arthur Ashe.
Friends outside of tennis, Novak Djokovic y Andy Murray They formed a doubles in the Miami Masters 1000 in 2011. Despite falling in the first round, the Serbian He lifted the title in the individual modality for the second time in his carrer. As can be seen, the doubles between stars They have not usually been very successful.
After retiring at the end of the 1992 season, John McEnroe He appeared occasionally in some later tournaments. One of them was in 1999when he participated in mixed doubles Wimbledon junto a Steffi Graf. The duo of tennis legends reached, nothing more and nothing less, than the semifinals. The German player retired to focus on the individual picturesomething that the American did not like.
For the inauguration of the new roof on the Wimbledon Center Court, love competed together. Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf They competed against the couple Kim Clijsters-Tim Henman, in one of the couple’s rare appearances on a tennis court. By then, They had already been together for ten years.
For the nostalgic, in 1975 they joined forces ‘The Rocket’ y ‘Ice Borg’. Rod Laver y Bjorn Borg they disputed the US Open in doubles mode, reaching a remarkable third round. History will also remember that in the same Grand Slam The only match between the two was held, with victory for the Swede.
Borg, together with the new generation
Finally, Bjorn Borg He got together with the new generation, specifically with the then number 2 in the world, Roger Federer. At an exhibition in Kuala Lumpur, In 2012, the native of Basel and the Swede were defeated 7-5 by the couple formed by McEnroe and Blake.
Nadal and Alcaraz will star in the Olympic Games a duo that will go down in tennis history. Both will try to bring the gold to Spain both in individual mode as in couplesand show that two stars can achieve great things together.
2024-06-21 15:09:21
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