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NADAL. ‘Schwartzman played a great match. I’ll fix something for the French Open.’

Nadal admitted htat one of the key reasons of his demise in Rome was that his opponent played a rather good tennis

20 September 2020

Rafael Nadal and Diego Sebastian Schwartzman engaged in a rather interesting battle on Saturday that was won by the Argentine in straight sets. The result was completely unexpected also because Diego has not been playing really well recently.

Schwartzman played great. NADAL

After the match, the world no.2 was clearly disappointed with the result to comment:

“It was not my night at all. He played a great match I think and I didn’t. When this happens, you have to lose. These things can happen. After such a long time without competing, I played two good matches, and now today I played a bad one against a good opponent.

“That’s how it is. I just want to congratulate Diego and I’m going to keep working.”

Rafa will now commence his final preparation for the French Open that will commence in 1 week time. He added:

“We can find excuses, but I didn’t play well enough. Then we have to think internally, ‘Why? How I can fix it?’ Now is not the moment to find excuses. It’s just the moment to accept that I didn’t play well enough.

That’s how it is. I just want to congratulate Diego and I’m going to keep working.”

Rafael Nadal in 2020

At the moment ranked no.2, Nadal played his last match on the 19^th of September when he lost to Diego Schwartzman 6-2 7-5 in the quarter in Rome.

Currently, this year Nadal has a 15-4 win-loss record. Rafael clinched 1 title in Acapulco.

Schwartzman in Rome, ranking, and results in 2020

Currently ranked no.15, Diego has a 14-8 win-loss record in 2020. The Argentine is now playing in Rome where he conquered John Millman 6-4 7-6¹, Hubert Hurkacz 3-6 6-2 6-4 and Rafael Nadal 6-2 7-5.

Diego reached the final in Cordoba.

Rafael Nadal and Diego Sebastian Schwartzman played each other 10 times. The head to head is 9-1 for Nadal. The last time that they played each other, Diego Sebastian Schwartzman won 6-2 7-5 in the quarter in Rome (Internazionali BNL d’Italia) on the 19^th of September 2020.

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