Novak Djokovic he relaxed a few days ago with his parents in Bosnia. A little vacation as a spiritual respite in the 'Bosnian Pyramid of the Sun' Archaeological Park, where they received the hospitality of their colleague archaeologist Semir Osmanagić. Just enough time to charge the batteries and get back into action on a tennis court where Nole He made his position clear several weeks ago: he would return to competition on the clay court tour with the intention of being at full throttle in Roland Garros. The reason? The doubts caused by the situation that the United States is experiencing due to the pandemic, a circumstance that would have led him to renounce US Open if not for his last training …
On his return to Belgrade, Djokovic began training at the Academy of his friend and compatriot Janko Tipsarevic, facilities that have hard courts, which can translate as a change of plans. His resignation from the American Grand Slam no longer looks so obvious, seeing him train intensely on the same type of surface that the major from New York and the rest of the tournaments of the North American tour, although at the moment it does not appear in the list of participants of the tournament that will resume the ATP circuit in Washington August 14. The change of mind may also be motivated by sports, since Rafa Nadal's presumable resignation from the US Open would pave the way for the Serbian to the title, in addition to on the American tour he can score many more points than on the brick dust tour: 4,640 points for 2,860.
Nadal focuses on clay
Meanwhile, Rafa Nadal's plan remains unchanged in the face of these movements. The manacorense, whose environment already dropped that “he doesn't know if the US Open will go”, train in the last days on clay with the intention of being prepared as well as possible to face his great objective, Roland Garros.
For this, Rafa will be previously in the Mutua Madrid Open, as announced by the tournament director, Feliciano López, and confirmed hours later Nadal himself on social networks: “This is Feli. See you in September in Madrid. Meanwhile, everything goes well.” That being the case, the battle for number 1 between Nadal and Djokovic in 2020 could be from a distance …