Rafael Nadal To Play Novak Djokovic in Kazakhstan

Published 08/05/2019, 4:01 PM EDT

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The World Number one and two, Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal will be putting up their show in Kazakhstan’s capital city, Astana (also known as Nur-Sultan). The ‘Rafole’ rivalry at the charity event will take place on October 24, 2019, at Barys Arena of their capital city and the event organizers have put their tickets on sale.

The event will take place during the ATP Tour tournaments in Vienna and Basel, hence Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal will be absenting themselves from the ATP 500 events and then join the circuit for the Paris Masters 2019.

Following that, the men will be flying London, for the ATP Finals 2019 and they have reserved their spots for the same. 

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This year, the GOAT tennis players, Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal have played twice. The first being in Melbourne, where the Serb steamrolled over Nadal in the finals and declared himself as the seven-time Australian Open champion. Next, Nadal dismantled Djokovic at Rome Masters final by bageling the World Number one in the premiere set and then lifted his first title of the tennis season 2019.

Presently, Rafael Nadal is in Montreal for the Rogers Cup 2019 and the defending champion has been drawn to open against, Alex De Minaur or a qualifier. The top-seed, Rafa might set up a semifinal clash against the reigning finalist, Stefanos Tsitsipas and then might take on another new era contender, Dominic Thiem or Alexander Zverev in the finals.

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“When I get to a tournament, I try to work on my things and work on my game. It doesn’t matter whether Novak and Roger are here or not here,” Nadal said, as Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic decided to stay out from the Canadian Masters event.

“There are many great players here, so I have to just prepare myself as soon as possible and be ready for the action. I’m able to understand how to enjoy more and relax between tournaments,” he added. 

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Federer and Djokovic will begin their US Open Series at Cincinnati Masters in Ohio which will get underway on August 10, 2019, and hopefully, the reunion of ‘Big Three’ might be witnessed over there.

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