Stefanos Tsitsipas draws differences between two matches vs Nadal
"I don't know how to answer that, I think the court speed was the most challenging thing for me today. I am satisfied, having a lot of matches on clay, I think that's important coming into a tournament like the French Open. Yeah, I think I learned a lot these three weeks. It's good to come into a Grand Slam knowing what you did well, what you did wrong, trying to concentrate on those things to avoid the same mistakes in the big events. I think if Rafa is in good shape on hard, he can be very dangerous, his shots are very fast and he is very dangerous on clay as well.
But, I feel that you have more time to think of your game plan and tactics on clay, I realized in Madrid that he is very tough to play on clay but not unbeatable. I just felt comfortable playing against him, didn't feel much annoyed playing him on clay these two matches, which I guess is good. Today I felt very close, despite the two-set loss, at break points. I'm just trying to realize what I did wrong because, I mean, it was just one break in each set. If that wouldn't happen, you never know. I think his game was the same as last week, maybe a little bit better but not a noticeable difference, but the court was different, much slower, I guess that helps him. He feels more sure with himself, has more time to execute his plan.
In Madrid, as I said, altitude, courts and balls are faster. The shots that I played today, I played similar shots last week but they felt really slow today and he had plenty of time to pass me when I was approaching to the net, which in Madrid it felt quite different. It didn't feel like I had much control of my shots."
from Tennis World USA http://bit.ly/30yoV1Y
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