Rafa Nadal has returned to his kingdom of Roland Garros. The Balearic tennis player, 13 times winner of the tournament, has been seen this Thursday for the first time on the courts from the Paris venue before the tournament starts this Sunday.
Nadal, who will play as third seed, has trained this Thursday morning on the clay of the Philippe Chatrier court, the central Roland Garros, and has done so together with the Russian Karen Khachanov, with whom he appears contesting several points in a video shared by the tournament.
Look who’s back 👑
13-time champ @Rafael Nadalpractices on Chatrier for the first time with@karenkhachanov. #Roland Garros pic.twitter.com/1yWaGxAuFi
– Roland-Garros (@rolandgarros) May 27, 2021
Nadal trained with the open roof of the center court under the Parisian sun to make this first contact on the clay of Roland Garros, where he seeks to further enlarge his legend with his fourteenth title and surpass Roger Federer in Grand Slam numbers. This afternoon Nadal will know in the draw who will be his first rival in the tournament. if you avoid Djokovic until the final … and you will discover a statue that Roland Garros has erected in his honor to recognize the merits of the Balearic tennis player, a legend in Paris.