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Rafael Nadal says he’s just a normal guy.
“Everything very normal,” said Nadal, the world’s No. 2-ranked tennis player. “Nothing strange in my life. I practice. … I go fishing. I play golf. I go party when I have the chance to go party. That’s all. Really normal guy, normal life.”
Nadal’s colleagues on the tennis tour might beg to differ.
After crushing American Ryan Harrison, 6-4, 6-2, 6-2, Monday in a first-round match at the U.S. Open, Nadal improved to 16-0 on hardcourts this year and did nothing to dispel the notion he’s a heavy favorite in New York.
“Even though he wins Cincinnati and Canada, he’s thinking about peaking here, which he’s going to have a really good chance because he’s one of the greatest players ever,” said Harrison, one of three American men to lose on Monday, along with Rhyne Williams and Michael Russell.
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