Rafael Nadal couldn’t do anything. The day after his difficult success against Pedro Cachin, the Spaniard was logically beaten in the round of 16 of the Masters 1000 in Madrid by Jiri Lehecka (7-5, 6-4) on Tuesday evening. Far from playing his best tennis, but with a more than adequate level, the Spaniard was generally powerless against the young Czech, a fine winner and solid as anything.
Celebrated by the Madrid tournament after the meeting, which remembered his five coronations (one on hard in 2005 and the others on ocher), Nadal communicated with his audience, not without joking about a potential return next year. He said it at the start of the tournament, and he said it again with microphone in hand, it was the last time he participated in the tournament organized at the Caja Magica.