Italian Open 2019:- Rafael Nadal Praises Roger Federer And Novak Djokovic

This year, the World Number two tennis player, Rafael Nadal began his tennis season in Brisbane but over there he retire due to his injury and then he concentrated on Australian Open 2019, where he made it to finals without dropping a set. Later his hardcourt season continued to be a melancholic as over there, he couldn’t perform productively.

In Rome, Rafa shared his thoughts about his fellow colleagues, who have been dominating the sport of tennis for a long time now. The Spaniard believes, Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic and he himself, have taken the sport to its apex and created some prodigious records which somewhat beyond the bounds of possibilities for others to surpass it.

“Roger is 37 years old, I am almost 33, Novak is 32,” Rafael Nadal expressed upon his arrival at the Italian Open 2019. “Winning everything we have won in the last 14 or 15 years is something that does not happen much in the history of tennis, which means it’s complicated.”

In Rome, Rafael Nadal opened up upon not winning a title in 2019 and he feels that winning is not everything. “I feel good, it’s true that I have not won titles on clay. But for example, in 2015 I won in Buenos Aires and right now I feel much better than that year, sometimes winning a title does not make much difference,” Rafael Nadal continued.

Rafa is someone who strives to be perfect even if he is flawless on the court. When it comes to clay, there isn’t a player on tour who could at par with him. “It’s true that I lost a couple of tournaments, but it’s also true that I was close to winning. I did not play well enough to win, but I did not play that bad either,” Rafael Nadal mentioned.

On the clay courts this year, the ‘King of Clay’, Rafael Nadal got prevailed over in the semifinals of all the three events where he participated and. Rafa has begun his training for the final Masters event in the Italian capital, and reportedly, his uncle, Toni Nadal was accompanying him during the training session.