World No.1 has backed Stefanos Tsitsipas to enjoy an ‘amazing future ’ in tennis after beating the young in the final of the Barcelona Open.
It was Nadal’s 11
th win which proved he was too strong. And despite the 19-year-old couldn’t mount a serious challenge to the king of clay, he enjoyed a remarkable week of his own in Barcelona.
‘Yesterday and today were my two best matches,’ he told the ATP after the 6-2 6-1 victory on the Piste Rafael Nadal.
‘I’m very happy for the victory, of course, against a very difficult opponent like Tsitsipas.
‘He has an amazing future, I think.’
‘It was a great final,’ he added. ‘I’m very happy to have achieved the 11th title here, it means a lot for me.,” Nadal said.