Fernando Verdasco makes bold claim about Federer and Nadal's future
As preposterous as it may sound, but Rafael Nadal hasn't ever completely swept the clay season in its entirety. His best win to date came at last year's Italian Championships, regarded by many as the most prestigious clay court title other than Roland Garros.
"I feel maximum respect for him because he had a great influence on all of us and tennis in general", he added of the 20-time Grand Slam champion. He managed to pick up just 290 ranking points so far this season.
Yes, that is what the clay court has boiled down to: a competition to take sets off Rafael Nadal. In Monte-Carlo and Barcelona, you have the feeling that you are in control of the situation.
His biggest challengers in Madrid will be third-ranked Alexander Zverev, fifth-ranked Grigor Dimitrov and seventh-ranked Thiem, who lost to Nadal in last year's final in the Spanish capital.
The Serbian tennis star has revealed - in a nutshell - that he has no issues with Federer, but that's not exactly case with Nadal and Murray.
The pair are more used to semi-final and final meetings and have not met at this stage of a tournament since 2010, it's Djokovic who leads the head to head (11-2) with Nishikori without a win since 2014.
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World number one Rafael Nadal said on Wednesday that he doesn't see himself following in Roger Federer's footsteps and playing a curtailed schedule in an attempt to lengthen his career.
However, Nadal's dominance on the red dirt is astonishing - he is yet to drop a set, let alone lose a match, on clay since his defeat to Thiem in Rome previous year, it's a winning streak that stands at 19 successive matches and 46 consecutive sets.
Roger Federer of Switzerland serves against Thanasi Kokkinakis of Australia in their second round match during the Miami Open Presented by Itau at Crandon Park Tennis Center on March 24, 2018 in Key Biscayne, Florida. The home hero has won his last 19 matches and 46 straight sets on clay. But then again he'll turn 32 next month, and if he needed rest a decade ago, he would sure as hell need it right now. Since Madrid moved to clay in 2009, Nadal is 34-5 at Caja Magica (0.872) and has won five Madrid titles overall, including his only indoor hard-court championship in 2005. Perhaps it is world No. 6 Juan Martin del Potro who returns to the tour this week for the first time since John Isner ended his 15-match win streak in the Miami semifinals on 30 March.
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Peter Bodo discussed the players with the best chance to beat Nadal on clay in one of his most recent columns.
Can he do it all without losing a set, though?
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