Rafael Nadal He is beginning to count down the days to put down the racket, but he will give himself the penultimate gift of facing the best in the world in the Six Kings exhibition, in which he participates with Novak Djokovic, Carlos Alcaraz, Jannik Sinner, Holger Rune and Daniil Medvedev .
The Spaniard, who will end his professional career in the Davis Cup (from November 18 to 24), will have his particular memory in Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) that he still has a lot of tennis on his wrist, although he has decided, due to the obligation of time and injuries, which cannot stretch a wonderful career any further. And it will be a very special one, facing his heir in Spanish tennis, Carlos Alcaraz.
He Six Kings tournament It distributes a huge prize among its participants, with five and a half million euros for the winner and one and a half million just for attending the event, and is decided by squares. The Spaniard was exempt from the first round, in which Daniil Medvedev faced Jannik Sinner, with the Italian winning (6-0 and 6-3), and Holger Rune and Carlos Alcaraz. And it will be against the latter, who beat the Dane 6-4 and 6-2, with whom Nadal will face in the semifinals in which the last duel between the two is assumed before they share the same side of the court and the locker room. in the Davis Cup. As they did last July at the Paris Olympic Games.
One last duel between the two Spaniards who are the faces of the same reality: the best tennis of all, one in its final stretch, already with 22 Grand Slams and an unfathomable legacy, and another in its beginning, already with four Grand Slams and everything to cover.
The result is the least important, even if one is in full swing (five titles, Roland Garros and Wimbledon among them, 57 wins in 70 matches) and the other has barely touched a tennis court in 19 matches (12 wins). It is the sentimental burden that this last clash between the two entails in a rivalry that is too short of what it could have been for the hopes and good of tennis that began when the Murcian turned 18 (6-1 and 6-2 in Madrid 2021 ), continued with a much closer victory for the Balearic Islands (6-4, 4-6 and 6-3 in Indian Wells 2022) and officially ended with the pupil winning victory over the master (6-2, 1-6 and 6-3 in Madrid 2022).
«I have grown up watching it. He is my idol. I admire him a lot. Nadal is a very important person in my career because he is one of the reasons why I am a tennis player. It is a privilege to be able to play once againalthough it will be a little difficult for me. I haven’t practiced with him, but I have talked to him not about tennis, but about life. I’m going out with everything tomorrow. It doesn’t surprise me that he is training well, he always hits very hard, he feels the ball very well. He’s a legend, no matter how close he is to saying goodbye, he will always play great tennis. But I will go for him without fear,” Alcaraz said about Nadal after winning his quarterfinal match. “At the moment, I choose his right because I have just started my career,” he concluded.
At what time do Rafa Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz play the semifinal of the Six Kings Slam?
The duel between Nadal and Alcaraz in the semifinals of the Six Kings tournament has been scheduled for the second round. After the clash between Novak Djokovic and Jannik Sinner. That is, the Nadal-Alcaraz will begin not before 8:00 p.m..
Where to watch Rafa Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz’s match on television and online today
The last match between the Balearic Islands and Murcia can be seen on the platform Dazn and also in Movistar+. And you can follow it point by point with all the previous and subsequent information in ABC.es
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