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Published on: Friday, January 15, 2021
By: AFP
MADRID: Rafael Nadal
(pic) will try to overtake Roger Federer’s Grand Slam record without his coach Carlos Moya, who said on Wednesday he will not attend the Australian Open due to coronavirus travel restrictions.
Nadal is aiming to clinch a 21st major title in Melbourne, which would put him ahead of Federer’s 20 as the most successful men’s player of all time.
But the world number two will be without Moya, who has been on Nadal’s coaching team since 2016.
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“After speaking with Rafa, we have decided that I won’t travel to Australia with the team,” Moya announced.
45.7%
The Russian star has won 45.7 per cent of his matches against Top 10 opponents (16-19), which gives him a better winning percentage than former World No. 1s Carlos Moya (42.3%), Jim Courier (42.1%), Thomas Muster (42%) and Yevgeny Kafelnikov (40.7%).
Medvedev helped bolster his standing at the end of the 2020 season. He was struggling by his high standards, entering the final two tournaments of the year with an 18-10 record. But Medvedev surged to end the season, claiming a third ATP Masters 1000 title at the Rolex Paris Masters and the biggest trophy of his career at the Nitto ATP Finals. It was an ominous sign for the rest of the ATP Tour and a return to his giant-slaying ways.
Australian Open: Andy Murray tests positive for coronavirus
By Jonathan JurejkoBBC Sport
15 January 202115 January 2021.From the section Tennis
Andy Murray last played at the Australian Open in 2019 - which he thought might have been his final match as a professional
Former world number one Andy Murray s participation at the Australian Open is in doubt after the Briton tested positive for coronavirus.
The 33-year-old Scot was set to fly out to Melbourne on a chartered flight arriving there over the next 36 hours.
Instead he remains in quarantine and isolating at home in London.
Murray, who is said to be in good health, remains hopeful he will be allowed to travel safely at a later date and compete as planned.