Rafael Nadal eyes continuity after too many ups and downs

Rafael Nadal suffered a shock semi-final defeat to Fabio Fognini at the Mont-Carlo Masters, but he is hoping to took a step forward at the Barcelona Open this week. “My personal opinion is that I played one of the worst matches on clay. It’s a reality. There is no need to hide it. I do not see the benefit of wanting to deny it,” he said. “What has happened has happened. And it is true that I played a bad semi-final, but before I had played two good matches and an irregular third one. What may happen in the future is not known. In Monte-Carlo, I took a step forward with how I was a week before. I lost a good opportunity to start the season in a fantastic way. But now I’m going to have another one.” This week’s tournament will be Nadal’s fifth of the 2019 season and he will face Leonardo Mayer in the first round. Nadal will look to win the Trofeo Conde de Godo for the 12th time in 2019 and will be joined in the field by Nishikori and former finalists Dominic Thiem and Stefanos Tsitsipas. In Barcelona, the men’s singles winner will earn €503,000, while €253,000 are for the finalist. The semifinalist will earn €128,000. Just playing the main draw first round guarantees you more than €9,000.

Source- Tennis365

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