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Rafa\u00a0Nadal\u00a0said one good thing about nearing the end of his career is that he will not have to face Carlos Alcaraz too many times after the 37-year-old Spaniard lost to his compatriot in an exhibition match in Las Vegas on Sunday.<\/p>\n
Nadal, who has won 22 Grand Slam titles, added that the future of Spanish tennis was in good hands with the 20-year-old. Alcaraz has already won majors at the U.S. Open and Wimbledon and is ranked number two in the world behind Novak Djokovic. Follow the Rafa Nadal, a 37-year-old Spanish tennis player with 22 Grand Slam titles, lost to his compatriot Carlos Alcaraz in an exhibition match in Las Vegas. Nadal mentioned that nearing the end of his career means he won’t have to face Alcaraz, who is 20 years old, too many times. Alcaraz has won majors at the U.S. Open and Wimbledon and is ranked number two in the world behind Novak Djokovic. Nadal, who expects to retire in 2024 after a series of injuries, praised Alcaraz as an amazing player and the future of Spanish tennis. Nadal has been sidelined for almost a year with a hip flexor injury and suffered a muscle injury at the start of the season but felt “much better than expected” during the exhibition match. Nadal and Alcaraz are set to participate in the Masters tournament at Indian Wells.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3486,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"Default","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[3,250,572,387,586,337,340,18],"class_list":["post-3485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cyprus","tag-cyprus","tag-google","tag-injury","tag-lost","tag-spain","tag-sport","tag-tennis","tag-world"],"acf":{"keyphrase":"","keywords":"","sourceimg":"","country-category":""},"yoast_head":"\n
\n\u201cIt\u2019s a good thing that as a player I will not face him many times,\u201d said\u00a0Nadal<\/strong>, who expects to retire in 2024 after a series of injuries limited his appearances on the circuit.<\/strong>
\n\u201cAs a fan, I will enjoy watching him for many years hopefully.
\n\u201cIn Spain, we should be very, very happy about having someone like Carlos coming.
\n\u201cHe\u2019s an amazing player. He\u2019s only 20-years-old and he\u2019s already won two Grand Slams and a couple of important tournaments.\u201d
\nNadal, who spent almost a year on the sidelines with a hip flexor injury<\/strong> before suffering a muscle injury at the start of this season, said he felt \u201cmuch better than expected\u201d during the exhibition match.
\nNadal\u00a0and world number two Alcaraz are next in action at the Masters tournament at Indian Wells.<\/p>\n
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