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Novak Djokovic warned yesterday he expects great rival Rafael Nadal is returning “to win a Grand Slam, not just to play” as the world No 1 prepares to defend his Australian Open title next month.
Nadal, a 22-time Grand Slam champion, makes his comeback after a near year-long injury absence at the Australian Open warm-up event in Brisbane starting Sunday.The 37-year-old Nadal has said that 2024 could be his final season without being able to “guarantee it 100 per cent”.
But Djokovic, 36, who won three Grand Slams in 2023 to overtake the Spaniard with a record 24, expects his rival to be as competitive as ever.
“I always expect him (Nadal) to play at his best, to be honest. Many times they’ve signed him out, they’ve done that with me as well. But we’ve proved them wrong,” Djokovic told journalists on the sidelines of an exhibition match against Carlos Alcaraz in Riyadh. — SuperSport.
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