Glorious pages in the history of tennis could be turned in 2024. And even if nothing has yet been made official, Rafael Nadal's fabulous chapter should close.
Behind the Mallorcan legend, other big names of the last fifteen years could bow out.
Caught up by their physical limitations linked to age and their inability to regain their best level, Andy Murray, Stan Wawrinka or even Richard Gasquet go through unprecedented zones of turbulence in their careers, inexorably dropping out, but hanging on.
By dominating Frenchman Alexandre Muller in two sets on Tuesday in the first round in Doha, Andy Murray finally won a match in 2024 after four defeats in the first round and a dark series of nine defeats in ten tournaments, including one in Montpellier against Benoît Paire , who for his part had not won a match on the main circuit since… August 2022. A breath of fresh air for a 36-year-old champion in decline.
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