Double fight for number one

Two Spaniards have left this monday as numbers two of their respective sports activities: Jon Rahm, within the golf classification, and Rafael Nadal, within the tennis one. Each are preventing to take a seat on the world throne, which already says so much about its advantages, whether or not they occupy it or not. They’re very totally different circumstances, that of an athlete who makes the outward journey and that of one other who has already taken the return ticket.

Jon Rahm has not but perched on that place, though on Sunday he savored it just about for a lot of the Mexico World Championship, who got here to guide in a number of phases. Ultimately he completed third, an excellent consequence that confirms the regularity of the Basque, however that didn’t serve to overthrow Rory McIlroy. The following alternative will are available in mid-March in The Gamers, the thought-about fifth main. And if it doesn't attain there, there shall be extra probabilities. The Biscay of Barrika is 25 years previous, an age that opens an enormous future, though in golf you need to be very cautious, as a result of it’s a self-discipline through which the victories are distributed rather more than in different particular person circuits.

Rafa Nadal is a daily on the worldwide cusp, which has tasted throughout 209 weeks, unfold over ten totally different years. Number one now not sees it as an goal in itself, has tasted it regularly, however stands because the fruit of excellent outcomes. As Rafa himself commonly repeats, solely if there’s well being you’ll be able to win tournaments, and solely with victories can the rating be topped. This latest week began, Nadal has choices once more Math to retrieve the chair. Novak Djokovic and he compete in tournaments ATP 500, in Dubai and Acapulcorespectively. If Nole misplaced within the quarterfinals and the Spaniard raised the trophy, Rafa would climb once more to the summit of tennis. Whether or not it occurs or not, the necessary factor is that it fights up there. Identical as Rahm.