The tournament starts with the great absence of the Balearic tennis player in a draw where Carlos Alcaraz is a favorite
The vacancy left by Nadal is filled by a player who in his day was able to beat the Big Three
Rafael Nadal announced on May 18 that he will not play Roland Garros as he has not recovered from his injury. He announced it with serenity and not only that, but also revealed that for the moment he will not play again until the end of the year: “The injury I suffered in Australia has not evolved as we would have liked. We have been with our sights set on the following goals and The most important one today is impossible and I won’t be able to be at Roland Garros”, he said from the outset before announcing the break and that 2024 will be the last of his professional career.
Rafa then left a vacant place in the Roland Garros draw where he arrived as number 14 in the world. A pity for the tennis player from Manacor and also for the organization, that he will not be able to count on the current champion of the tournament and the most emblematic player with 14 titles won on the emblematic court Philippe Chatrier.
Thiem takes his place
After confirming that Rafa Nadal will not be at Roland Garros, the next player to be able to enter the draw is Dominic Thiem, the Austrian tennis player who has been trying to return to his best version for a few months.
Thiem took Nadal’s place at Roland Garros
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Thiem, 29 years old and currently number 91 in the ATP ranking, is a great specialist on clay and became number 3 in the world three years ago, but a wrist injury when he was at his best even with options to climb to number 1, left him KO. It was a major injury and it became more complicated, which kept him off the slopes for two years.
Quite a challenge for the Austrian player who this year is trying to gradually return to his pre-injury version and recover the tennis with which he was able to beat Rafa Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer.
a complicated picture
Thiem will debut at Roland Garros on Sunday against the Argentine Pedro Cachín and if he overcomes the first round, it is most likely that Borna Coric, seed number 15 of the Parisian tournament and undoubtedly a player who is living a moment of plenitude, will wait for him in the second round. , and Alex de Minaur could wait for him in the next game. But without a doubt the Austrian tennis player wants to go game by game, step by step and grow again little by little. The mental part is also one of his weak points and he cannot set goals, for now, beyond the next match on his calendar.