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A clear victory against

and a hard-fought loss against

, in two exhibition matches on the grass of Hurlingham, four days after his Wimbledon debut.

No pronouncement of his left foot, which was successfully treated again by his doctor,

, after winning his fourteenth Roland Garros.

Auger-Aliassime beat

this Friday 7-6 (6), 4-6 and 10-3, but the result in these cases lacks greater relevance.

The Spaniard wanted to test himself on his return to grass three years later and, above all, gauge the state of his scaphoid, which has not created any problems for him so far.

"They have been two good days, today has been a good test against a great player," Nadal assured at the foot of the track.

"The objective has been fulfilled, to play a couple of games here. This time Auger-Aliassime has been a little better than me, so congratulations to him. I have to continue working in the days that remain, but I get positive things", he added in statements collected by EFE.

"Every day you have to try to be better"

He was measured against a young player who plays well on this surface and with whom he would meet in a hypothetical Wimbledon quarters.

Supported by his service, the Canadian narrowed the margins of the match and took the victory by winning both tiebreaks.

Auger-Aliassime, who is advised by

, already showed his quality in the round of 16 in Paris, where he took Nadal to the limit of five sets.

Nadal thus sets course for a tournament that he won in 2008 and 2010 and in which he played three other finals.

Also winner of the Australian Open, he is undefeated in the majors this year and will undoubtedly be one of the main favorites for the title.

The Mallorcan will debut next Tuesday against the Argentine

, a duel for which he will continue to prepare in the next three days.

"You have to improve a little of everything. I need to improve, but as always. This is how our life is. Every day you have to try to be better. I haven't played in three years on this surface, so every day is a test, a opportunity to be better. I hope to be ready for the start of the competition", he concluded.

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