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Rogers Cup: Rafael Nadal vs. Lloyd Harris 8/11/21 Tennis Prediction

Rafael Nadal vs Lloyd Harris
August 11, 2021 8:00 pm EDT

Rafael Nadal meets Lloyd Harris in the second round of the 2021 Rogers Cup on Wednesday, August 11th 2021. Who will make their way to the third round?

Will we see another shocking upset by Lloyd Harris as he aims to get a brace of wins over Nadal is as many weeks or will Rafael Nadal be able to get a great revenge under his belt after he was absolutely shocked with his loss last week in Washington against the South African?

Lloyd Harris has been improving this year and he is just adding to the lists of names he has beaten as he gets himself higher up the rankings. Lloyd beat Brayden Schnur in the first round and he will want to be at his absolute best as he now wants to get another upset win over Nadal because he knows he can do it as he just did it last week. The South African has got the game to perform at a high level on hard courts, but he will need to be better than he was last week as we all know Nadal will be.

Rafael Nadal was shocked by his loss last week against Harris last week, but he has taken it as a lesson and he has been getting himself onto the court to practice very hard and get himself at his best as he needs to defend his points here in Toronto because he won the last title at this event when it was last run in 2019. Rafael is so hard to beat when he plays in big tournaments so I expect a better level than last week, but he will still have to show us some great tennis early on because of his sub-par form last week.

This is going to be the 2nd meeting between both players, with Lloyd Harris having won their only prior encounter. Both of them met just last week and Lloyd won in 3 sets, but I don’t see this happening again here. Nadal will not let him shock him again and he will come out here ready to dominate this match from start to finish as he aims to make a statement of where his form is at on hard courts this year before the US Open. This will be a dominant 2 set victory for the Spaniard in my opinion.

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