The strange walk of tennis 2022

The world tennis is rarefied in 2022. In spain perhaps we are not realizing it too much, because here things are progressing with the wind in favor. Ten individual titles have already been won, nine for men and one for women. Rafael Nadalwhich started the year between cotton balls and questions, conquered in Australia the first Grand Slamto rise alone to the historical top with 21 great ones. Carlos Alcarazpresent and future, adds three tournaments, one of them master in Miami. Y Paula Badosawhich was crowned sydney back in January, has risen this week to number two on the WTA. Even Alexander Davidovich has premiered in a final of Masters 1,000 in Monte Carlo. Despite injuries from Garbiñe Muguruza and of his own NadalThere are plenty of reasons to smile.

Rarities have other proper names. And not minors. The course began with the Kafkaesque case of Novak Djokovicwhich has been left without competing in Melbourne, Indian Wells y Miami for his refusal to vaccines, and that he walks with the reservation on by the lack of activity and, as revealed on Sunday, by a strange disease. Daniil Medvedevthe candidate to dethrone him, has recently been vetoed by the organization of Wimbledonlike Andrei Rublev, another top-10, for being Russian. Before he had been erased from the earth by a hernia operation, although other voices suggest that he was downcast by the Ukraine conflict. And let’s not forget the women’s circuit, where the number one, Ashleigh Bartydecided to retire at the age of 25, after winning the Open the Australiatired of the tennis trade. Iga Swiatekwith four consecutive titles, is his worthy heir… but he has just caused low in Madrid. The season progresses with too many asterisks, which will be forgotten over time, conditioned by the same tremors that affect the rest of society. Life.