Spanish world number 1, Rafael Nadal is undoubtedly the best clay court player of all time but even he has suffered a couple of losses and is not entirely invincible
After Rafael Nadal downed Alexander Zverev to win his 8th Rome title, several tennis players heaped plenty of praise on the Spaniard, among them was compatriot David Ferrer
The current world no.22, Milos Raonic lost to Shapovalov in the Madrid Open 2 weeks back and failed to participate in the recently held Italian Open. But he will be absent from the French Open
Novak Djokovic looked like he was another step closer to his older self, in his defeat against Rafael Nadal, in Rome on Saturday. The Serbian rallied from a 2-5 deficit in the first set, to take it to the tie-break. Djokovic seemed focused and was feeding off the massive support from the spectators.
The 28th ranked Pole, Radwanska, had a back injury last month in the Istanbul Open and could not recover in time to play the 2018 second Grand Slam of the year.
German tennis player Alexander Zverev has claimed that besides Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, there are several other players who can make a name for themselves