Rafa Nadal valued his defeat in the knockout round of the 1.000 Masters of Toronto before the Canadian Denis Shapovalov. For the Majorcan tennis player, this morning has been one of his worst matches in 2017. "It's a bad defeat for me, very hard, the worst of the year without a doubt. It's the worst because I lost against a distant player in the Ranking (Shapovalov is the world's 143rd) and also because he had the chance to be the world number one again, it's a serious mistake for me and a bad defeat.
On the fact that Shapovalov showed more mental strength than he in the party, Nadal said it is no surprise. "It's normal, I've been in that situation when I won Roland Garros at 18. I do not see why he should give up at 18, on the contrary, it's easier not to give up with 18 than at 30. He had nothing to lose Because he was winning all the shots.If he had lost in two sets, he would have made a good tournament, and if he won, it would be extraordinary.He won, it's extraordinary.It's a nice story but I'm not happy to be a part of it. "
Asked what did not work during the match, Nadal was resounding. "I played very badly, it was impossible to win like this, I did not attack, I did not feel the ball very well this afternoon, I had a lot of chances in the third set and I played poorly, maybe if I had played as I should have won this game. Has been a big mistake on my part, it is my worst game of the year.I now have the Cincinnati tournament in a week and the US Open is also coming.I have time to recover mentally and on Saturday I will train in Cincinnati.