German tennis star Alexander Zverev offered some empathy for Rafael Nadal, expressing hope that the Spaniard would be ready for the French Open. Nadal suffered a quarterfinal loss in Madrid last week but refused to blame foot issues for the loss suffered versus Alcaraz. This week in Rome, Nadal easily won the first set of his Rome last-16 meeting versus Denis Shapovalov but the Canadian stormed back to win 1-6 7-5 6-2. After the match, Nadal opened up about his troublesome foot and admitted it was causing him too much pain on the court. “I had my foot again wit …