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Rafael Nadal: 'In a relatively short period, there are three players...'

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The illusion moves Rafael Nadal's steps at the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell, where this week he will play his second tournament of the clay tour. The Spaniard, who reached the quarter-finals of the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters last week, arrives ready to look for an opportunity: to capture the good feelings of training in competition and move in the right direction. “I come to the tournament well. Then the track and the competition will dictate where I really am, ”he explained. Personally I'm fine, I'm happy to be here in Barcelona for another year after not being able to be last year. I am looking forward to playing in Spain once again. Two weeks in a row in our country are always exciting. From there, try to do things as well as possible to enjoy the day to day ”. The Mallorcan arrives in Barcelona with an experience still h*t on his hands, after being overtaken by Andrey Rublev in the Monte Carlo quarterfinals. An encounter in which his service performed below expectations. "The conclusions were clear from the beginning," warned the Spaniard. “Monte Carlo today is past. Defeats, even if they are not pleasant or positive, put everyone in their place. My place is the one that the Monte Carlo tournament gave me. Now we are in Barcelona and I hope to be ready to compete at the level I need. Things are analyzed from the games, there are things to improve. Beyond the defeat, it was a strange match. You can lose to a great player like Rublev. Beyond that, I did things that were wrong and they were something of a surprise,” Nadal explained. Accompanied by Francis Roig and Carlos Moyà in Barcelona, ​​where he has worked with relish the service, the Balearic seeks to be as well prepared as possible when the competition demands performance. Rafael Nadal recently spoke to an English daily ahead of his participation at the Barcelona Open Open. In that context, Nadal was asked whether he was worried about the Big 3 losing their grip over the Slams in the near future.

Rafael Nadal on the Big 3's records

"For us, it’s not very important," Rafael Nadal said before laughing. "Well no, I'm just joking. That’s normal. We are getting old. It’s true. It's normal the young generation are coming and it’s true that now they are a great new generation of great tennis players. It’s super interesting now." Rafael Nadal was also asked to give his thoughts on the significance of the Grand Slam record in men's tennis. In response, the Spaniard first talked about how very few would have imagined Pete Sampras' then-record of 14 Majors to be overtaken by not only just player, but three. "Of course, when Pete achieved that great number of 14 a lot of people in tennis thought, 'Okay that’s going to be almost impossible to go beyond that for the next years'," Nadal said. "But in a relatively short period there is three players that have more than 14 and in the same era."



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