Rafael Nadal36 years old and world number 2, will face the second day of the Green Group in a delicate situation, due to their loss in two sets against taylor fritz but mainly because he couldn’t find the competitive line of play he had deviated from with the stomach injury he suffered at Wimbledon and recurred at the US Open. With only two games played in as many months, he doesn’t play on the track like he does in practice.
“I have to accept that no matter how well you train, the competition is different,” said Nadal, aware that the scenario is far from ideal. “You need victories to improve and that is difficult in this tournament, because you are facing the best players,” he learned. There is more travel in the opening rounds of a Grand Slam, if the draw is involved.
Suddenly crashed into Paris against tommy paul and fell to taylor fritz (7-6, 6-1) in Turin. Three losses in a row, go with Frances Tiafoe at the US Open. A losing streak against the Americans. His rival, Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime, 22 years old and No. 6, comes from another country but in the same place this Tuesday (2:00 pm/Movistar+/Direct Web Mundo Deportivo).
Let it be a student of Tony Nadal It does not go beyond anecdote. At Roland Garros, the coach sat in the presidential box, because of the importance of the duel for his nephew, who won 3-6, 6-3, 6-2, 3-6 and 6-3. In Turin he commented that he was in Auger’s box, even without a hit.
Rafa Nadal has bigger concerns on his mind. He knows the limitations of very small filmmaking in the ATP Tour, whose indoor-hard court combination emphasizes the virtues of his opponents and does not make it easy on himself, as indicated by the fact that he has yet to win an ATP Finals, where he was a finalist in 2010 and 2013.
Perhaps I will not take advantage of this edition, but Nadal and his team are also working in the medium term, thinking about Australia. Manacorí needs real fights, no matter how much he puts maximum intensity in training, to recover his automatisms.
No one could help Auger-Aliassime, who had already paid for Sunday’s hazing against a great one Casper Ruud (7-6, 6-4). It was the second match in a row that he did not win, after a streak of sixteen consecutive victories that made him the leader in matches won indoors (27) and hard court (41). After Rune subdued Paris, I stumbled against the Norwegian on Italian soil.
The worst combination for Rafa
“It is a complicated match, whoever loses will almost leave. I have to do it well, he finished the season on a good level”, Nadal summed up. There was a combination that left him in the semifinals: Ruud’s defeat and Fritz’s loss in the evening.
A variable that can help Carlos Alcaraz in the fight for world No. 1 of the year, which will definitely be his. Nadal just needs to lift the trophy in Turin to take the lead.
Source: La Verdad
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