Published 22:01 IST, February 6th 2020

Rafael Nadal backed Dominic Thiem to upset Novak Djokovic in Australian Open 2020 final

World No. 2 Rafael Nadal recently revealed that he was rooting for World No. 4 Dominic Thiem to win in the finals of Australian Open 2020.

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World . 1 vak Djokovic recently lifted his 8th Australian Open crown by beating Dominic Thiem in final at Melbourne Park. Serbian overcame his Austrian opponent 6-4, 4-6, 2-6, 6-3, 6-4. Rafael Nal h overtaken vak Djokovic to become World . 1 in vember last year. Unfortunately for him, Nal lost ranking points by getting eliminated in Australian Open quarterfinals while facing Dominic Thiem. 

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Australian Open 2020: Rafael Nal rooted for Dominic Thiem to win final

World . 2 Rafael Nal recently revealed that he was rooting for Dominic Thiem to win in finals of Australian Open 2020. 33-year-old, while speaking to a Spanish publication, mitted that he wanted to see current World . 4 lift title in Melbourne. He said that it would have been better for him personally if Thiem would have won.

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He ded that it doesn’t matter if Dominic won or if vak won, it is all a part of tennis. He ded that Australian Open is particularly good for vak Djokovic. He even said that Djokovic is  best player in world right w according to numbers. He said that  only thing that can be done is to congratulate vak Djokovic on ar great success.

Thiem h pushed vak Djokovic all way to fifth set and was playing some of best tennis of his life. Sly, young man's dreams came crashing down after Djokovic delivered ar masterclass in fifth set. 

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Roger Federer And Rafael Nal to play an exhibition match 

Roger Federer and Rafael Nal will play an exhibition match in Cape Town on February 7th, 2020. match will be played at Cape Town Stium. It can hold a crowd of more than 50,000 people.  match will witness Roger Federer and Microsoft founder Bill Gates take on Rafael Nal and South African comedian Trevor ah. 

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22:01 IST, February 6th 2020