Rafael Nadal vs Nikoloz Basilashvili live stream (Image: GETTY) Rafael Nadal gets his ATP Cup campaign underway against big-hitting Georgian Nikoloz Basilashvili. Nadal starts the year as the world No 1 after an excellent 2019 season.
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He said: “My expectation is enjoy a new competition. My expectation personally is to try to be ready for the first match that probably will be against Basilashvili.
“For me, that is a tough start of the season. That's my goal today.
“The great things, the only way to build important things is with the daily work.
Can Nikoloz Basilashvili shock Rafael Nadal? (Image: GETTY) “So we need to take care about our first tie now against Georgia, and that's the only thing that is in our mind, just try to be ready for this one.
“What can happen, we don't know. Of course we have been winning the Davis Cup a month ago. We have a good team around.
“All the players that are next to me are great players, and all of them have experience on team competition.
“So we are excited, but we have a lot of respect for every opponent. We want to have chances to be successful.”
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He said: “I feel great. He's No. 1 player at this moment, and it's going to be one of the toughest matches in my career probably.
“But same time, I'm going to enjoy the ability to be a big experience, especially beginning of the year, and I'm really looking forward for it."
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