In Sunday’s men’s final, Rafael Nadal plays No. She also became the first woman in more than 40 years to reach a major final without facing a top-30 player. Gauff, the youngest Grand Slam finalist since Maria Sharapova won 2004 Wimbledon, didn’t drop a set in her first six matches. In Saturday’s women’s final, 18-year-old American Coco Gauff faces top-ranked Iga Swiatek of Poland, who is riding a 34-match win streak. NBC and Peacock air live coverage of the men’s and women’s singles finals on Saturday and Sunday at 9 a.m. They are not only tennis icons, they are not only sports icons, they are cultural icons.The French Open airs live on NBC Sports, Peacock Premium and Tennis Channel through championships points at Roland Garros in Paris.
He continued, “I hope that Novak and Rafa will play for another year or two because we will benefit from that. We will only truly understand how big they are once they all retire.” “The impact that they have on Tennis is huge. If Nadal does miss Indian Wells and Miami, it will confirm that the 36-year-old will fall outside of the ATP top 10 for the first time since 2005, ending his record run that currently stands at 910 weeks.īecker, who is a former No.1, also spoke about the legacy of the ‘big three’, Djokovic, Nadal and Roger Federer, “They have a following that goes way beyond their respective countries – Serbia, Spain and Switzerland.” However, the Spaniard was training on clay and fans have assumed that he will be skipping the sunshine double to solely focus on his preferred part of the season in the build-up to defending the Roland Garros title.Ī clue about his presence at Indian Wells and Miami? Nadal has been out of action since the Australian Open, recovering from a ‘grade two tear to the iliopsoas muscle’, and has only recently been seen practicing on a tennis court again. So let’s see what these two great champions will deliver for us.” The next major is Roland Garros where, in my eyes, the favourite still is Rafael Nadal.”īecker added, “But Novak is on his heels.
When questioned about his former pupils goals, Becker suggested that Djokovic is mostly focussed on the majors, “I think he wants to win the 23rd major of his career, which would be the record.
Rafael Nadal has been tipped as the favourite for a 15th Roland Garros title by Novak Djokovic’s former coach, and six-time Grand Slam singles champion, Boris Becker.
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