Rafael Nadal is still at not his very best, but a win is a win.
This is how Rafa is approaching each match at the moment as the world no.1 knows he needs to step up if he wants to keep his rankings.
Rafa had to dig dip against world no. 103 Albert Ramos. In the first set the Mallorcan had to recover from a 1-3 deficit to win at the tie break. In the second set the King of Clay got the decisive break only in the 10th game (6-4). Match Stats
Nadal: It was a positive victory
Rafa commented “It was a positive victory for me. Obviously I didn’t play my best match, but after the defeat in Monte-Carlo, the next match on court was never going to be easy. I am happy with the way I fought and proud of the victory today. The victories are more important when you haven’t played well. I feel happy to be through on a tough day for the top seeds.
I need to improve everything. I’m working every day to play more aggressively. I need to find the feeling of being dominant in the points. I feel that sometimes I’m hitting balls from good positions and I’m not able to create the right spaces, to find winners. I need to try and find that for the next match.”
Next vs. Dodig.
Rafa will play his second match against Ivan Dodig. Head to head is 2-1 for the Spaniard.
