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Tennis players regard Rafael Nadal as the toughest competitor to beat on the tour. So what does an opponent really need to do, to beat the Spanish World No. 2? Here’s what his 7-time opponent and Greece’s best player Stefanos Tsitsipas had to say.

Most recently, the 22-year-old Greek professional faced the Spaniard in the ground stage of the 2020 ATP Finals. There, the 2019 ATP Finals winner failed to defend his title as Rafa beat him 6-4, 4-6, and 6-2.

It was the 34-year-old’s 6^th win against Tsitsipas; the latter has registered only one win against Nadal. And from these experiences, the Greek gives his point of view of the 20-time Grand Slam champion.

“He is someone who just doesn’t accept to give up, never. He never fails to deliver,” the Greek professional said. “Even on his worse days, he always has, with his fighting spirit, his ways to go around it. And that’s what makes him one of the toughest players to beat.”

But there is so much more that makes the Mallorcan a true athlete. In addition to revealing Rafa’s plus points, Tsitsipas even explained what it would take to win against him.

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Stefanos Tsitsipas explains how to beat Rafael Nadal

Apart from his ever-growing energy and focus, the record 13-time French Open champion also has a left-hand advantage. And according to the 22-year-old, the hand makes it all the more difficult to defeat him.

“I think he takes very good advantage of his left hand… uses that to the max,” Tsitsipas explained. “He’s been a very difficult player from the baseline, and someone that you really have to be 100% concentrated in every single point to beat.”

In such a case, one must play his most extraordinary game to win vs the World No. 2. However, if one levels with the commitment of Rafael Nadal, one can surely gain an edge over the match.

“You have to bring the best out of his serve, out of your groundstrokes,” Stefanos said. “Generally, you have to be very concentrated and careful when you play against him.”

But even this cannot guarantee that one will steer past the ‘King of Clay’. Hence, many players including Dominic Thiem and Stefanos himself have set their biggest goals as beating Nadal on clay.

They are set to lock horns in the upcoming ATP Cup 2021 in Melbourne Park. Let’s see if Tsitsipas can utilize his expertise of the Spaniard’s game to his advantage. Currently, he is in quarantine at the Australian Open 2021 bubble.

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No player has purely dominated a single court the way Spain’s Rafael Nadal has on a clay court. Recently, Greece’s Stefanos Tsitsipas had a funny take on the ‘King of Clay’ on Twitter.

Rafa has in his bag 13 French Open titles, which is a record number at a single major tournament. Other than that, he has 11 Monte-Carlo Masters, 11 Barcelona Open, and 9 Rome Masters on a clay court. All of those are also the highest number of titles in a tournament in the Open Era.

While fans want more and more from the Spaniard, he has become a nightmare for all his opponents. So when a fan asked Tsitsipas one thing he’d like to ban forever, the Greek player knew exactly what he wanted.

Tsitsipas wants to ban Rafael Nadal from playing the French Open

The 22-year-old from Greece has faced Rafa three times on a clay court, but never at Roland-Garros. Of the three times, Tsitsipas has defeated the World No. 2 Spaniard once in the 2019 Madrid Open semifinal.

However, the tennis world is well-aware of Nadal’s indisputable ability on the red surface. Despite being 34, he has been defending his France title for the last four years.

The highest-ranked Greek player who is one of the contenders for winning a Slam knows his biggest threat in Paris. So when Tsitsipas was asked what was the one thing he would like to ban, he promptly said, “Rafa playing at the French.”

Previously, World No. 4 Russia’s Daniil Medvedev had trolled himself in a similar context. In a video that showed Nadal winning the French Open 2050, the 24-year-old hoped for a single win then.

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Nadal and Stefanos Tsitsipas will meet at the ATP Cup 2021

The Spanish-Greek pair had last met at the ATP Finals in London. Nadal surpassed the defending champion of the tournament in the round-robin stage.

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They will likely meet for the first time in 2021 at the ATP Cup in Melbourne Park. As play for their countries there, their battle is expected to raise a bar this year.

While Team Spain is the defending finalist, Team Greece failed to register a single win last year. What’s interesting is that Nadal and Tsitsipas both are known to fight until their last breath.

Fans are gearing up for the blockbuster start of the Australian Open. It will definitely be a show if they meet up as singles’ there.

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