Ferrer had Nadal play singles because if the Spanish had lost the 2 singles matches, there would have been no doubles match and there would have been no Nadal match. Whatever, Rafa did the best he could and has nothing to be ashamed about.
Since it was straight sets I think he could have played doubles. Doubles would have suited him well anyways as he's a great doubles player and not near as much court coverage. oh well. glad he got to play at least and got a good sendoff.
Based on the score and how RBA has been performing overall, it might have been the exact same score line.
So would a fresh Nadal and Alcaraz win dubs? Granollers has been a top dubs plaeyer.
So its not an easy call.
granollers sure didn't look like a top anything today. should have run alcaraz out first and then put some pressure on who played nadal in second single. oh well