THE MODERATOR: Rafa has just announced he’s withdrawing from the semifinal with Roger Federer due to a knee injury.

Rafa, can you tell us what happened today?

RAFAEL NADAL: No, nothing more than what you saw yesterday. As I said yesterday after the match, I felt that something happened in the knee and was not the moment to talk about that because remain 24 hours before the semifinal, and I wanted to try my best to be competitive today. ... Read more »

2019 BNP Paribas Open QF Rafael Nadal bt. Karen Khachanov  7-6(2) 7-6(2) 

Next opponent - Roger Federer

Q. Seemed like you were struggling a little bit out there. How did you kind of find a way to fight through that?
RAFAEL NADAL: Well, I am used to pla ... Read more »

2019 BNP Paribas Open R4 Rafael Nadal bt. Filip Krajinovic  6-3 6-4

Next opponent - Karen Khachanov

Q. Looks like your good form is continuing. Talk a little bit about how you felt out there.

RAFAEL NADAL: Good. Probably played a little bit worse today than yesterday. Maybe because of the conditions, windier out there today. ... Read more »

2019 BNP Paribas Open R3 Rafael Nadal bt. Diego Schwartzman  6-3 6-1

Next opponent - Filip Krajinovic

Q. Looks like you’re continuing to feel good, striking the ball well out there. Talk about how you felt today?

RAFAEL NADAL: Good. I think, yeah, I have been a positive, of course, positive match. I think I did a lot of things well. Started very well the match. Then I missed a couple of balls in that Love-30 in the second game, but then arrive a moment that I ... Read more »

2019 BNP Paribas Open R2 Rafael Nadal bt. Jared Donaldson  6-1 6-1

Next opponent - Diego Schwartzman 

Q. You had a sleeveless shirt on. Was it cold?

RAFAEL NADAL: It was very cold, yeah. Coldest at Indian Wells that I remember, yeah.

Q. What does that do for your tennis? What does that change for your game, ... Read more »

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(ATP) The Spaniard is the second seed and will open his campaign against American wild card Jared Donaldson or Japanese qualifier Tatsuma Ito. 

“I would have loved to win the Australian Open and Acapulco…but these things happen,” said Nadal. “I should not be unhappy after all I went through over the past four or five months.” ... Read more »

Match 1: Marin Cilic bt. David Goffin 11-9
Match 2: Milos Raonic dbt. Gael Monfils 10-7
Match 3: Stan Wawrinka bt Dominic Thiem 10-5
Match 4: Rafael Nadal bt. Taylor Fritz 10-8

SF 1: Milos Raonic bt. Marin Cilic 10-3
SF 2: Stan Wawrinka bt. Ra ... Read more »

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