Nadal swaps Zverev for Navone ahead of Monday’s meeting

Another day and five have passed Rafael Nadal He trained very intensely and for a few hours at Roland Garros venues. The 37-year-old Spaniard, who is just a few days shy of his 38th birthday, prepared with the help of Argentine Mariano Navone (32nd place), although I would do it this Friday with Alexander Zverev. if both had not met in the Grand Slam draw. It is now certain that they will face each other on Monday, as evidenced by a preview of the tournament calendar for the second day of the competition.

Alex Corretja from SER reported on the change in plans. A former tennis player and now a commentator for various media outlets, he had access to this information from the brother of the 27-year-old German and number four in the world. And Misha, also a former player, is his Eurosport teammate.

Nadal took his training with Navone very seriously, as he had all his previous sessions, first on Court 2 and then on Philippe Chatrier., with great intensity and reproaches every time he missed a shot. The winner of 22 Grand Slam tournaments looks good in terms of mobility, power and striking. In fact, he was far superior to the Argentine in the little game they played. After two morning hours, Rafa planned to rehearse another one in the afternoon.in the Jean Bouin Center, as he has been doing all week.

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