Rafa Nadal also loses to Djokovic at the Six King Slam in a match that feels like a farewell to an era

The reflection of a passing era. Proof that the years pass for everyone, even for the best in history. Rafa Nadal ceded to Novak Djokovic in the match for third and fourth place of the King Six Slam (6-2, 7-6) and could not take revenge for what happened in the Olympic Games.

It was a match that had a serious scent of farewell to the golden age of tennis. With a smile on his face, Rafa Nadal bid farewell to the public during one of his last public appearances on court. The next one, in which he wants to put the finishing touches to his impressive sporting career, will take place at Davis Cup which will be contested in Malaga.

After a first set in which Nole was noticeably superior and which ended with a clear 6-2 in favor of the Serb, Rafa Nadal showed some muscle in the second set. He even saved a match point to later show some of the best shots of his career, but in the tie-break Djokovic He ended up imposing his law to achieve victory.

The embrace between two legends

The semi-finals of this multi-million dollar exhibition tournament had put things in place. In the fight for third and fourth places, the old glories. In the dispute for the title, the new batch led by Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz.

The result indicates, as expected, that the distance between Djokovic And Nadal It’s already big. This was evident in the second round of the Olympics, the last official match, where the Serb claimed a comfortable 6-1, 6-4 victory before clinching the gold he won a few days later.

Also in this exhibition where Djokovic, who always stands up to the best, achieved an obvious and notable victory, in a match that had already started with a break in Nadal’s serve and a 2-0 imbalance that marked the first set that he scored. Belgrade by a significant 6-2.

The second set was different because Rafa Nadal raised the level. He managed to come back to 4-2 and serve after three broken balls, even though Djokovic He managed to resist as best he could. Not only that, but with his serve, he was able to take advantage of the first match point that Rafa Nadal saved to extend the public’s pleasure a little further.

There, the Spaniard went up, took out his claw and sometimes even raised his closed fist to the sky to celebrate a point. Like before. This is how the tie-break was reached, where Nole closed with a 7-5 in favor to give way to a big hug between two of the great protagonists in the history of tennis.