Former world No. 1 Jim Courier thinks Rafael Nadal did just well in Madrid and losing to Carlos Alcaraz wasn’t a disaster. Nadal was out for a month and a half due to a rib stress fracture, before kicking off his clay season this week in Madrid. After a first round bye, Nadal defeated Miomir Kecmanovic and David Goffin to progress into the quarterfinal. In the quarterfinal, Nadal stumbled upon Carlos Alcaraz. Nadal wasn’t at his best in Madrid and Alcaraz took the advantage of that as he beat the former world No.1 6-2 1-6 6-3. “I …

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