Rafael Nadal defeats Greek teenager Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final in only two sets, collecting for the 11th time in career the Barcelona tournament.
Rafa successfully defended 500 points of last season, extending his reign on the throne of this sport even with another two weeks, as Nadal in Madrid is doomed to defend another 1,000 points.
In the central field of the Catalan tournament, which holds its name, the world’s number 1 lost with zero-game opener, however the ongoing champion in power lost only six points in total, winning five consecutive games.
“King of Fields with and” benefited from the confusion and infinite mistakes of world number 63, to win 7 out of 8 last game of the match, closing down the whole game with a profound score of 6-2, 6-1 in just 1h18 ‘, follows Supersport.
Two tennis players first encountered both of them and of course the teenage helen influenced too much lack of experience, however Stefanos Tsitsipas was the number 1 world number one in the youth category, becoming the first Greek tennis player to play in the final of an ATP tournament , since the time of Nicholas Kalogeropoulos, 45 years ago in Washington.
During the week, 19-year-old from Athens eliminated one after another athletes such as Diego Schwartzman, Albert Ramos Vinolas, Dominic Thiem and Pablo Carreno Busta, who are considered specialists in this area and in fact for the excellent performance on Barcelona’s tour the Greek tennis player is rewarded with the catapult roughly 20 seats, becoming the first Hellenistic tennis player to be positioned within 50 of the world’s first in this sport.
For Rafa including the two Davis Cup meetings this was the 19 consecutive victory at the clay court, a phenomenal performance that brings Rafa to a total of 46 sets without a loss in the field with and, an absolute record for the sport.
For the 31-year-old Spanish this is the 55th trophy in the clay court as well as the 77 ATP career tournament, an achievement that equates to fourth place in all-time ranking with the tallest John McEnroe, while the triumph in Barcelona equates Rafa also in quota 20 in terms of tournaments worth 500 points with Roger Federer./Flashsport24
