Rafael Nadal’s BNP Paribas Open campaign is over after a 6-4, 6-7, 5-7 loss to Milos Raonic in the quater-finals.
Rafa: “I had more opportunities than him in the first, in the second, and in the third, too. That’s the real thing about what happened during the match. The real thing is I am happy the way I played. I am happy the way that I competed today. I am happy the way that I stayed in a level during the whole match. I am not happy that I lost. At the end of the day, sport is winning or losing, but today I lost against a great opponent who was fighting for every ball with a very positive attitude. Feeling that I was there fighting for the victory against a top player again on a good surface for him is a big improvement for me. I’m not happy about the final result, but I am happy because, as I said before the tournament, I am much closer than one month and a half of what I want to be. I had a lot of chances to win today. Maybe I should have won.” (via BNP Paribas Open)
The Miami Open presented by Itaú will be Rafa’s next tournament beginning on March 24th.
ALWAYS WITH RAFA!
🎾 Help Keep Us Online
Your support helps cover hosting costs, domain renewal and ongoing improvements. We prefer to keep the site focused on tennis fans rather than filling it with intrusive advertising.
Thank you for your support.
Jugaste bien Rafa, lamentablemente es triste decir que los gigantones estan danando el verdadero tennis, suerte en Miami y sigue adelante, eres tu un champion
Rafa played a great match and should have won! I wish him luck in Miami.
Rafa, tu jugaste super bien. La suerte no estuvo contigo, pero para mi hoy y siempre tu eres el CAMPEON. Solo tuvo suerte la otra persona.
A wonderful match with two great players. Sad that Rafa lost but he played very well, got a little tight in the 2nd & 3rd set but hey he is human. He threaded the needle so many times it made us all observe in wonderment. Lots of OMG moments! More entertaining than that one cannot ask. VAMOS RAFA!!!!!!!!!!!!
Agree with Rafa’s assessment of the match: He should have won; he missed a few opportunities at MP on 2nd serve and the one bad game you can’t have he had in the last game, unfortunately. Other than that, he did much better in almost every service game, not the big server.
How boring is big bomb serving? It was obvious who was the better player on the court and the stats make it glaringly obvious.
Rafa is back to playing very well, too bad he doesn’t get to test himself against the other Big 3.