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“Worst Match Ever Seen”: Reilly Opelka Picks Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal in an Uncommon Category
American professional Reilly Opelka is undoubtedly one of the big servers on the ATP Tour. Accordingly, his tennis icons are also players who have are aces in the same category. But shockingly enough, Opelka picked Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal in a bizarre category. Probably, the first tennis player to do so.
Without any doubt, the Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal rivalry has been a boon to tennis. Hence, whenever the duo took on each other on a tennis court, the match became more than ordinary. However, Opelka chose a ‘FEDAL’ match as the worst tennis match he has ever seen.
‘Federer v Nadal’: Reilly Opelka on his worst match ever seen
To begin with, We Are Tennis’s official Twitter account put out some fascinating tennis questions. And unlike most, Reilly Opelka wrote ‘Federer v Nadal’ as the worst match he watched.
Besides that, the 24-year-old picked Ivo Karlovic as the one who made him love tennis. Unsurprisingly, Opelka named John Isner as his current favorite player and the one who made him dream the most. Also, he selected Karlovic against Isner as the best tennis match he ever saw.
Karlovic
Isner
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Isner v Karlovic
Federer v Nadal https://t.co/tzGjtNi23s
— Reilly Opelka (@ReillyOpelka) November 27, 2021
Interestingly, Opelka, Isner, and others also consider themselves as servebots. Both of them have lauded the 42-year-old Karlovic, who is still actively playing, on multiple occasions.
But coming back to Federer and Nadal, the American professional might get questions on his answer in the future. Only then, tennis fans will understand his interpretation.
Roger Federer of Switzerland shakes hands with Rafael Nadal of Spain after defeating him in the Men’s Singles Semi Final at The Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championship at the All England Lawn and Tennis Club at Wimbledon on in London, England. (Photo by Simon Bruty/Anychance/Getty Images)
So far, the two greatest rivals have met each other on the court on 30 different occasions, in which Nadal leads Federer 24 to 16. However, they haven’t played a professional match since the Wimbledon semifinal in 2019.
Given Federer’s recent update, the legendary pair might not see each other until the half of 2022. Hopefully, they will treat their fans once again before one of them hangs their racquet.
Will Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal play the Australian Open 2022?
Unfortunately, Federer announced that he would not return to training before March-April 2022. Hence, he would not make it to the Happy Slam for the second consecutive year.
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA – JANUARY 29: Roger Federer of Switzerland (R) celebrates winning in the Men’s Final match against Raphael Nadal of Spain on day 14 of the 2017 Australian Open at Melbourne Park on January 29, 2017 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Michael Dodge/Getty Images)
On the other side, Nadal has recovered and is confident to play Down Under next year. For the same, he will compete at an exhibition event in Abu Dhabi before going to Australia.
Summing up, tennis fans still hope to see Federer and Nadal on the same court soon. But until then, they will look forward to watching Nadal alone.
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