{"id":8668,"date":"2024-04-18T12:00:32","date_gmt":"2024-04-18T09:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/?p=8668"},"modified":"2024-04-18T12:00:32","modified_gmt":"2024-04-18T09:00:32","slug":"nadal-s-barcelona-return-ended-by-de-minaur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/?p=8668","title":{"rendered":"Nadal, \u2019s Barcelona return ended by De Minaur"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/nadal-s-barcelona-return-ended-by-de-minaur.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"mb20\">\n<div>\n<div data-qa-component=\"story-content-collapsable\">\n<div class=\"mh-auto overflow-hidden mh-none--print\" data-qa-component=\"collapsable-content\">\n<div class=\"font-knowledge regular line-height-1-5 text-story color-black f6 pt16 pb20 border-bottom border-gray-22 story-copy\" dir=\"auto\" data-qa-component=\"item-story\" data-rc-highlight=\"story\">\nRafa Nadal\u2019s hopes of winning the Barcelona Open for a 13th time were dashed on Wednesday following a 7-5 6-1 second round defeat by Australian fourth seed Alex de Minaur.<\/p>\n<div class=\"cypru-video-ads\" id=\"cypru-1523178638\">\n<div id=\"cypru-1461980341\" data-cypru-trackid=\"478051\" data-cypru-trackbid=\"1\" class=\"cypru-target\">\n<div id=\"gpt-ad-2808574490805-0\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>The Spaniard was playing his first tournament since January<\/strong> and had made a winning return on Tuesday with his first round victory over Flavio Cobolli, but the 37-year-old was no match for the in-form De Minaur.<br \/>\n\u201cAlex is a great player. In terms of\u00a0tennis\u00a0today, he was in better shape than me,\u201d Nadal said.<br \/>\n\u201cHe has really played at a very high level since the beginning of the season. I think he has made a very important step forward in his level of\u00a0tennis.\u201d<br \/>\nDe Minaur began brightly, breaking in the opening game, but Nadal broke back to make it 3-3 before the Australian made the decisive break and held to take the first set, and had little trouble as he strolled to win the second.<br \/>\n\u201cI think about the only thing I might have on Rafa on clay is physicality at this stage of his career,\u201d De Minaur said.<br \/>\n<strong>\u201cI decided to try and make the rallies quite physical and long, use my speed to my advantage. It\u2019s never easy against him.\u201d<\/strong><br \/>\nNadal, the 22-time Grand Slam champion, managed to win just two points on De Minaur\u2019s serve in the second set.<br \/>\nAfter being beaten on the court which is named after him, the Spaniard was given a standing ovation as he made his exit.<br \/>\n<strong>\u201cAt least, how things went, for me I had the chance to say goodbye here on court,\u201d Nadal said.<\/strong><br \/>\n\u201cThat means a lot to me, because I probably felt one week ago that I was not able to play in this event. That would have been painful, so at least I played, I enjoyed the game, and now is the moment to keep going.\u201d<br \/>\nNadal returned after almost a year\u2019s absence following hip surgery to reach the quarter-finals in Brisbane in January but he was forced into another break after suffering a muscle tear.<br \/>\nThe Spaniard\u2019s aim is to arrive in Roland Garros, where he has triumphed a record 14 times, in peak condition.<br \/>\n<strong>\u201cI hope and believe I can be competitive in a few weeks,\u201d Nadal said.<\/strong><br \/>\n\u201cThat\u2019s the way that I need to proceed today, and to give me a chance to be ready at least to compete at Roland Garros.\u201d<br \/>\nDe Minaur, 25, broke into the top 10 of the world rankings for the first time in February following his run to the Rotterdam Open final and then went on to successfully defend his Mexican Open title.<br \/>\n\u201cI can probably say that I\u2019m very, very fortunate that I didn\u2019t play Rafa a couple of years earlier on the clay. It would have been very, very different result. An amazing experience and we move on. It\u2019s been a great year,\u201d De Minaur said.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rafa Nadal&#8217;s hopes of winning the Barcelona Open for a 13th time were dashed by Australian fourth seed Alex de Minaur in the second round. 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