Nadal, ready to take revenge with De Minaur! Rafa’s coaches, optimistic in Madrid: “We make him believe!”

Next, Rafael Nadal will meet the number 10 favorite, Alex De Minaur. The Australian knocked out the Spaniard’s all-time great in the second round in Barcelona, ​​defeating him in the minimum of sets, and will now look to claim his third straight victory over the legendary Spaniard, leveling the head-to-head.

Rafa Nadal’s coaches took to the Mutua Madrid Open Twitch mics and revealed how they see the Spanish super champion’s situation within the squad. Nadal has shown a lot of pessimism in recent days about his level of preparation and what is to come in regards to his participation at Roland Garros.

The truth is that both Carlos Moya and Marc Lopez and Gustavo Marcaccio have been much more optimistic about how they see Rafa and I think against De Minaur we will see an improvement from last week in Barcelona. Carlos Moya was the first to speak and talk about yesterday’s match with Darwin Blanch:

“Yesterday we knew that it was a match in which we had to get into the rhythm, that the opponent could feel the weight of the game. It had to be solid and it was. In the middle of the competition, as the matches go by, we see better what can be improved. In at this point, the information we have is as little as possible. After all, it must be an opportunity for those who will see him on the court. The magic he has, with his presence .

We must pay him the tribute he deserves. Many people do not know him personally, but they perceived him as one of their family. It is as if he ate with them in their homes. You have to enjoy the time you have left on the field, value it and know that repeating such an event is very difficult to achieve. The adrenaline he feels these days, that will never be felt again and he enjoys it. It’s something you miss when you’re not active. He is one of the great stars of this sport, who is going to retire, and it is very nice to see him. I changed my routine to see him”transmitted Moya, who then talked about the part with De Minaur:

“It will be a different match from the one in Barcelona. There I didn’t see him prepared against a rival like Alex. I think tomorrow will be a bit different. Without being ideal, I think we will see Rafa who stayed for 8 days and that every minute spent on the pitch is a minute of improvement. He has spent more hours on the pitch now. I think we can have a more competitive game tomorrow than the last few days. I don’t know if he will win in the frame to the team we are more confident of what we can see, it will be better than what we saw last week.”Moya relayed.

Marc Lopez, one of Rafa’s coaches, also spoke about what is happening with the best Spanish tennis player of all time: “The results are secondary. The important thing is to feel like a tennis player again on the court. Those who love him want him to enjoy, not to go to tournaments just to say goodbye, but to offer a competitive version . I think he’s going to give us some joy. He’s training and he’s going to be able to say goodbye the way he deserves and I hope he’s going to surprise us again.”.

Lopez also talked about how competitive Rafa is and what’s going on with Roland Garros: “He’s very competitive. Whatever he does, he wants to win and be 100%. Whether it’s golf, tennis or anything else. About Paris… I think at the moment he’s not at 100%, which is normal, but from the outside we try to tell him that he is better than he thinks. On clay he always has more time to carry the weight of the point, now it costs him a little more, here people pull harder on him and that seems that doesn’t make him feel as confident, and our job is to make him see that he’s better than he thinks he is. I think he’s competitive, he’s improving day by day, and he’s taking small steps forward, to get to Roland Garros in the best way, which is the big goal”.