Rafael Nadal: ‘Two fantastic weeks. 49 titles? The important thing was to win the match and not to equal the record’

No one never like Rafael Nadal on clay. Starting from today numbers confirm that: he is the first player to win 9 times a Grand Slam, a Masters 1000 and ATP 500, and also with Barcelona titles equals Guillermo Vilas’ record of 49 clay-courts titles.

But for Rafa numbers are not the main thing: “The most important thing for me was to win the match, things like records are not important, we will speak about it when my career ends. I got so many wins on clay and in complicated tournaments. Adding Barcelona to this list of nine titles is fantastic.” Satisfaction is high for Nadal, who won two titles in a row for the first time since Cincinnati-US Open 2013: “I am so happy. This week has been very important for me, apart the fact of winning another title, it’s another week where I played at a very good level and where I did not lose any set. I won against one of the best players in the World, these were two fantastic weeks. After Monte Carlo I had said that Barcelona was an important tournament for me. I will enjoy the victory and then I will think about Madrid.””After yesterday’s match I knew I …

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