Rafael Nadal speaks highly of Stefanos Tsitsipas: 'It will be a tough one'

looks forward to facing Stefanos Tsitsipas on Thursday at the Australian Open. The 32-year-old Mallorcan is aware that it will be a difficult challenge. Tsitsipas had a great run so far having defeated Roger Federer in the fourth round.

Hes a player that what happened in the past, I dont know if going to have a great impact or not about what can happen, no? When you face these young players, they are in permanent improvement, Nadal said of the Athens native.

Hes confident. He won a lot of good matches. Will be a tough one. For me is always the same: you are in the semifinals of a Grand Slam, you cant expect an easy opponent. Stefanos is one of the best players in the world.

To have the chance to be in that final, I need to play my best, and thats what I am looking for. Nadal added: I am playing well. I did a lot of things well during the week and a half. Lets see. I dont know.

I cant predict what can happen. I am just going day by day and being very happy about the way things started for me, as I said before. Is very positive the way that I am in that semifinals. Thats the only thing that I can say.

Then I going to try to be ready for it. Nadal wore tape on his abdominal area. I am in semifinals. Is not the day to talk about this. Thank you very much for your worry. Things that happen during the tournament, thats all, said Nadal.

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