: US Open 2022: Rafael Nadal, Daniil Medvedev start favourites in another Novak Djokovic-less Major #IndiaNEWS Rafael Nadal targets a fifth US Open and 23rd Grand Slam title in New York from next week

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US Open 2022: Rafael Nadal, Daniil Medvedev start favourites in another Novak Djokovic-less Major #IndiaNEWS
Rafael Nadal targets a fifth US Open and 23rd Grand Slam title in New York from next week with his path to the title no longer blocked by Novak Djokovic, whose refusal to get vaccinated has ruled him out of a second major this year.Nineteen years after making his debut, the 36-year-old Nadal drags his injury-prone body into a tournament he won in 2010, 2013, 2017 and 2019, the year of his last appearance.The Spaniard has had to sit out the US Open four times in his career and there are once again fresh doubts over his physical ability to survive a gruelling two weeks at Flushing Meadows.Since an abdomen injury forced him to hand Nick Kyrgios a walkover into the Wimbledon final, Nadal has played just once – a first-up loss to Borna Coric in Cincinnati.Nadal admitted on Friday that he had been protecting his injury in Cincinnati but had been able to practice with intensity in the build-up to the US Open.“I take it very easy in the Cincinnati, too, in the practices. The match, I try my best without putting all the effort there on the serve,� Nadal said.“I hope to be ready for the action. That’s the only thing that I can...Read more

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