De Minaur: “I see Nadal close to his previous level”

The great success of Rafael Nadal this afternoon also earlier De Minaur This shows that the Balearic Islands are gradually reaching the level they are looking for. And this is what the Australian said at the end of the match, that he just surpassed him in the Godó Trophy in Barcelona,​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

The Australian overtook him just ten days ago, but this time it was a completely different matter. “In the end it’s not easy. It is what it is, you never know what’s going to happen. You prepare for the conditions, the type of game, the expectations, the crowd and then you have to go on the court and play the the way you want to have to play,” he declared. “If that doesn’t happen, it’s hard to tackle these games or play them the way you want to”commented before saying goodbye to the Manolo Santana track in Madrid.

Despite De Minaur’s continued attempts to turn the match around, the Spaniard defeated the Australian in straight sets. “I would have liked to play better, that’s true, but it’s tennis“, he explained.

De Minaur admired the good version Nadal was showing in the capital. “I think the level he gave today was quite high, things like this. At Barcelona he was not ready to play and it showed on the court, now I saw that he was close to his level before“, he maintained. “For me, today has been at a very high level, at a very high intensity, from the first point to the end”he explained.

He also said that Godó’s victory over Nadal made this match plan more complicated. “The Barcelona game is a very difficult game to face. You go, you manage to win and play the way you want and then you have to face it and show your game again next week, where you know it’s on a higher level, much better and yet the expectations are on me“Australian finish.