{"id":9330,"date":"2024-11-13T02:51:12","date_gmt":"2024-11-13T02:51:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotnews.azontree.com\/?p=9330"},"modified":"2024-11-13T02:51:12","modified_gmt":"2024-11-13T02:51:12","slug":"rafael-nadals-farewell-casper-ruud-agrees-with-novak-djokovic-as-he-sends-plea-to-the-spaniard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotnews.azontree.com\/?p=9330","title":{"rendered":"Rafael Nadal\u2019s farewell: Casper Ruud agrees with Novak Djokovic as he sends plea to the Spaniard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Casper Ruud has echoed Novak Djokovic\u2019s plea for Rafael Nadal to keep playing tennis ahead of the legendary Spaniard\u2019s retirement.The Norwegian admitted he was slightly surprised when Nadal announced his decision as he thought the former world No 1 might \u201cgive it one more try\u201d on clay next year.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-3\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Nadal, who played his first professional match in 2001, will play the final event of his staggering career at the Davis Cup Finals in Malaga, which will be staged from November 19-24. The 38-year-old was beaten by Novak Djokovic at the Paris Olympics in his last competitive singles match in July, while he also faced his Serbian rival at the Six Kings Slam in Riyadh last month.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-4\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Following the pair\u2019s meeting in Saudi Arabia, Djokovic lauded Nadal and urged him not to retire. \u201cCongratulations for all the titles and amazing career to you and your team,\u201d Djokovic said in an on-court speech. \u201cI wish you all the best of luck for the future.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-5\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI will finish with one big thank you, from not just me, but all of the tennis world for what you have done. You left an incredible legacy and we really appreciate it. \u201cDon\u2019t leave tennis man, stay a little bit longer, stay with us.\u201d<br \/>\nFollowing his victory against Carlos Alcaraz at the ATP Finals, Ruud revealed he will not attend Nadal\u2019s farewell in Malaga and also discussed his idol\u2019s popularity.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-7\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI won\u2019t go. I\u2019ve played and seen enough tennis during the year, so I\u2019ll watch it probably on TV, but hopefully on a beach, quiet, just relaxed (smiling),\u201d the world No 7 said in his press conference. \u201cI think it was inevitable obviously with Roger, him, Andy and Novak kind of being the last of those guys who will retire at some point.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI kind of think Novak said it well during the Saudi tournament. Please don\u2019t retire yet because you have so many fans around the world. \u201cEven among the players, it\u2019s kind of\u2026 one match that showed it quite clearly to me was during the Roland Garros this year, there were a lot of players that came out to watch Rafa-Zverev.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-9\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTypically, you don\u2019t have [Iga] Swiatek, Novak, Carlos [Alcaraz], everyone coming out to watch the first round of a Slam. But when it\u2019s Rafa, it\u2019s different.\u201d The three-time Grand Slam finalist added: \u201cCaught me a little bit by surprise that he announced it because I was maybe thinking he would give it one more try during the clay next year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Casper Ruud has echoed Novak Djokovic\u2019s plea for Rafael Nadal to keep playing tennis ahead of the legendary Spaniard\u2019s retirement.The Norwegian admitted he was slightly surprised when&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":9331,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tennis"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Rafael Nadal\u2019s farewell: Casper Ruud agrees with Novak Djokovic as he sends plea to the Spaniard - 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