Feliciano López returns to Wimbledon a year after hanging up his racket. This time he does it in the legends competition forming couple with Frenchman Jeremy Chardy.
“Being at Wimbledon is always lucky and I haven’t played tennis for quite some time. I’m seeing people I haven’t seen in a while.“Feli commented this Tuesday.
The Toledo native, director of the Mutua Madrid Open and the final phase of the Davis Cup in Malaga, hopes to see Spain fighting for the Salad Bowl and that David Ferrer can count on Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz on the team.
Rafa is an unknown and now he is focused on the Games
“I hope we see Carlos in Davis, it is a very special competition and he loves it. Spain is making a great effort with Valencia, before Madrid and now Malaga. Rafa is an unknown He is now focused on the Games. He is happy again, training without problems. He wants to give himself the chance to compete in Paris and if he later enters the plan to play the Davis Cup it would be incredible. “David Ferrer would be incredible to have Rafa and Carlos playing and even more so in your country.”
L�pez is very confident in Alcaraz’s options in this edition of the tournament:”I think the key moment for him was last year. When he won Queen’s he realized that he can really play well here. An evolution was clearly seen in Queens and then in Wimbledon, beating Djokovic in the final, which is the best, and even more so in the way he played. Such good players have a different capacity to adapt than others.“.
The Olympic doubles
Feli is betting on the Olympic doubles formed by Nadal and Alcaraz: “I do see options because they are more complete players than the majority of couples that are going to be formed. Many couples on the circuit are not from the same country and are separated in the Games.”
