Rafa Nadal plays today against Medvedev a US Open final with double value

A Grand Slam final is valuable by definition. It seems an affirmation of Perogrullo, although the circumstances surrounding the definitive act of US Open 2019 underline the importance, almost morbid, of what happens tonight (22.00 hours / Eurosport / MD WEB Direct), New York afternoon (4pm). The so vaunted battle between the legends of this golden age of tennis and the relay ‘Next Gen’ (New Generation), represented by Rafael Nadal (33 years old) and Russian Daniil Medvedev (23), respectively. Although the extra seasoning has to do with the so-called fight for being the best in history, if the most precious of this sport, the Grand Slams, serve as an absolute scale in this regard.

When Nadal conquered his twelfth Roland Garros and eighteenth ‘big’, was placed two of the record twenty Roger Federer, whom he had never had so close in his career. New York can leave with a fourth crown at the US Open and nineteenth ‘major’. At 33 years old he would be shooting the Swiss record, 38 years old and still pulling his hair for those two points of ‘match’ not specified in Wimbledon against Novak Djokovic, who did not revalidate crown in Flushing Meadows and kept his booty in 16 at his 32 years.

“Of course I would like to be the one who has won the most Grand Slams, but I sleep just as well without being. It's one more chance, but I don't see it as the last one, ”says Nadal. "If it means taking another step for what may happen in the history of our sport, it will be seen, but it is something that I do not think about right now," he says.

When Djokovic and Federer succumbed, the favorite condition fell on him. Nothing new. Nor does it leave rivals in a different way than with the utmost respect. “Medvedev is a tough opponent, who is progressing with each passing day. It is better to have won in Montreal (6-3 and 6-0) to have lost, but it was a strange game, with a lot of wind and he crossed the cables in the second set, something that now surely will not happen, ”says Rafa, who raised two set points in the 'tiebreak' of the vibrant clash disputed against another 23-year-old young man, Italian Matteo Berrettini. He won 7-6 (6), 6-4 and 6-1.

A suitable preparation against another high rival (1.98 measured Medvedev) and powerful shots. Although the Russian has already established himself in the elite, he is more solid and forceful. It's on a roll, with a lot of tracaca on top but radiant. He will improve his ranking, from 5th to 4th place, after chaining four finals and signifying himself as the summer tennis player.