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At least, how things went, for me I had the chance to say goodbye here on court,
Nadal said after his defeat to De Minaur as quoted in an ATP Tour Report Alex is a great player. In terms of tennis today, he was in better shape than me,
That means a lot to me, because I probably felt one week ago that I was not able to play in this event. That would have been painful, so at least I played, I enjoyed the game, and now is the moment to keep going,
He has really played at a very high level since the beginning of the season. I think he has made a very important step forward in his level of tennis. I’m just happy for him and I congratulate him for the level he played today,
I can probably say that I'm very, very fortunate that I didn't play Rafa a couple of years earlier on the clay. It would have been very, very different result. An amazing experience and we move on. It's been a great year,
After everything I've been going through in recent months, now is not the time to look for heroics,
Nadal added, pouring cold water on the hopes of a miraculous comeback story It wasn't today that I had to leave everything and die,
the 12-time Barcelona Open champion said I am very clear about what I can and cannot do, sometimes I had to slow down a little, among other adjustments. I haven't been able to serve at all in the last three months either, so it's difficult to serve normally for a couple of hours, this hasn't happened since Brisbane,
On a logical level, the idea is to progress, but I'm not talking about winning games, but rather at the level of fighting for things. In Madrid take another step, in Rome another... and in Paris let it be whatever God wants."
The normal thing is that it was my last game at Godo, you all know how important this tournament has been for my career,
the 12-time champion said I think about the only thing I might have on Rafa on clay is physicality at this stage of his career,
I know that tomorrow [against Alex de Minaur] I am not a favourite, but it doesn't matter either. These are things for you [the media], you have to write about these things, for me it is an experience playing against a top-level player. It will be a test for me, we will see how I respond.”
I think I'm not able to serve 100 per cent free of problems,
said Nadal, who meets Australian Alex de Minaur later on Wednesday It's difficult to manage all this and do logical things when you're competing and when you're competing in places that are special, emotionally,
the 22-times Grand Slam champion told reporters Taking everything into consideration, it was a good first round,
I'm not going to do anything that doesn't make sense right now,
I tried a lot of times in my career,
Nadal said, referring to his numerous injury comebacks It will be at a speed that I don’t know if I will be able to keep up with, but I’ll try,
Nadal said of facing the 11th-ranked De Minaur It was a good start — when you return you can’t get rid of the doubts in one day, above all, on a physical level,
I’ve gone months without being able to serve, (and) although I’ve got a lot of excitement to play here and do the best I can, I’m not going to go crazy with the serve,