January 5, 2025
Ultima Hora

Excerpt as translated from Spanish by joes:

Rafael Nadal and Tommy Robredo will pair up for the Tata Open in Chennai (India) and they will do so again for the Australian Open. If they come out well, they could get an opportunity to play doubles in the first round of Davis Cup -- an event that looks pretty complicated and that Carlos Moy� himself has characterized as being the decisive factor for the Spanish team to try and add a second triumph in the history. (They don't mention which history. Of Spain? Of this team? Of the DC in general?)

The Czech team will probably opt for a Taraflex court (the same carpet that is used in Madrid and Valladolid), where Jiri Novak and Radek Stepanek will try to make good use of their serves and net play. It is seen as a complicated first round, because the Spanish players used to have problems on this surface, and thus it will be important for the Spanish team to have a doubles team capable of winning that point.

Rafael Nadal has been practising hard at the beginning of the season. He was in Barcelona for a couple of weeks getting into the rhythm of ATP matches and he spent the last weeks of the year practising a lot with Carlos Moy�. He comes to India and Australia with a faster serve and the same ambition of always. If good fortune stays at his side, it will be his year again.