No one can emulate what Rafael Nadal has achieved on clay - Tiafoe
In an interview, Frances Tiafoe praised Rafael Nadal's clay-court skills. The American player said: "I don’t think anyone will ever manage to emulate what he has achieved. He's won Monte-Carlo so many times! You can’t match that. I am happy to see a player who has done that in our sport. Rafa is one of the best players of all time.”
Denis Shapovalov added: “You realise why he's so good. He knows the tactics perfectly. Even if you know what he is going to do, it is very difficult to react or try to stop it. He is so aggressive on this surface and his tactics are so well built. He reads your punches and is a complete player in clay, but he’s hard to beat on any surface. He is a great champion and his style of play is very hard. He is a fighter. Even if you go up 40/0 against him, you know you can’t lose concentration. He’s never going to give you a free point and it puts enormous pressure on the opponent. It's something that I've always admired about him and I'm trying to incorporate that into my game."
"It is still early days so we will have to wait and see. He was told not to do impact work, which basically means running around the garden hitting a ball, for three months but he's been hitting against a wall from a static position."
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