"Nadal always adapts to all circumstances, but would prefer others far from these"

• Nadal, victim of an involuntary injury in Paris

Out of the way the hypothetical semi-final opponent, the mighty

, whom

won the last two finals, comes another old acquaintance.

appears with the plus of being the only man who has beaten Nadal in Rome since his reappearance.

He did it in the quarterfinals, on the tenth try.

"He is a major rival. We know his game well, but what we have analyzed after that game remains for the team," says

in a videoconference with the journalists present at Roland Garros.

"He has obtained great results, and the fact of winning Rafa is an important qualitative leap and has given him confidence, but we have always had respect for him, because he is very dangerous. He is one of the men capable of defeating Nadal", adds the Spanish coach, who does not believe that he should focus exclusively on improving the crossed backhand.

"It is an important part of his game, but you also have to use other variants."

As he defended in a conversation with this newspaper prior to the start of the tournament, Moyà claims the weight of Nadal in the history of this tournament.

"Although the circumstances are different, this is still Roland Garros, although if you play badly, history is useless."

"He always puts enthusiasm, courage and attitude"

Back with the special situation in which Roland Garros takes place this year, out of dates, with cold and balls different from those of recent years, he says: "Rafa adapts to all circumstances, but if you give him a choice, he would rather conditions far from these. Now, he always puts hope, courage and attitude. He has to adapt and change a couple of things. Others don't have to adapt so much. "

Moyà would have preferred that he arrive with more filming, given that he has only played eight games on gravel, unlike in other years: he has played eight, three in Rome and five at Roland Garros.

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