Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nClaycourt king Nadal successfully defended a hard court\ntitle for the first time in his career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“It was important to start the match in a good\nshape,” the 18-time Grand Slam winner said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“He came in playing so well, playing a lot of matches\nthe last weeks,” Nadal added of Medvedev, who was runner-up to Nick\nKyrgios in Washington last week.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nadal, in contrast, had played just three hard court matches\nsince starting his build up to the US Open this week — reaching the final on a\nwalkover when injured Gael Monfils pulled out of their scheduled semi-final.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“I played a solid match, my best of the week so far\nwithout a doubt,” Nadal said. “I did a lot of things well: changing\ndirections, changing rhythm during the point. The slice worked well this\nafternoon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“I think I played smart, I had a good feeling on the\nball.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With all that going for him, Nadal needed just 70 minutes to\nsubdue Medvedev, breaking the Russian four times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hours later Nadal said he would skip the Cincinnati Masters\nstarting on Monday, where he was seeded second behind Djokovic and ahead of\nRoger Federer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“No other reason than personally taking care of my body\nand trying to keep as healthy as I feel now,” he said in a Facebook post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The top seed, who now owns five Canadian title dating to\n2005, swept the last seven games in the hardcourt blowout against his\n23-year-old Russian opponent — who had never played Nadal before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“I’ve played Roger (Federer) two times, Novak\n(Djokovic) four times,” Medvedev said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“I knew how it was going to be, I was kind of ready for\nit. But I didn’t manage to probably show my best tennis. Rafa was incredible\ntoday. Congrats to him.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Despite the lopsided defeat, Medvedev was pleased with his\ntime in Toronto.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“I believe this was the best week ever,” said\nMedvedev, who will move up to a career high of eighth in the world, making him\nthe highest-ranked Russian. “My level during all the matches was extremely\ngood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“I would have liked to do better today, but it happens.\nI will take experience from this match and try to do better next time.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For Rafael Nadal it was a third title of 2019, after clay court success at Rome and the French Open.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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