Rafael Nadal
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With a staggering eight consecutive titles and a total of nine finals at Monte Carlo, Rafael Nadal is the deposed king searching for his lost glory. And that is quite a tough job for the nine-time French Open winner given his sporadic good form. The 2016 season has so far been a mirror image to his 2015 woes except for the Indian Wells tournament where he showed some admirably gutsy and tenacious play to make it to the semis.
But whether the fifth seed would be able to carry on from there is something hard to tell irrespective of the fact that he is now entering that part of the season where once upon a time he used to be indomitable.
For one thing, Rafa’s draw is something he would not have desired. And if he has to book a berth in the final from that heavily stacked portion of the draw, it is imperative for the former World No. 1 to find his clay legs again.
After a mild opener against Aljaz Bedene, he is set to come face-to-face with the 12th seed Dominic Thiem, the Austrian youngster who conquered him on clay at Buenos Aires. If that is not tricky enough, then the reigning Roland Garros champion Stan Wawrinka in the quarter-finals should be quite a threat. Besides, there are added dangers like Grigor Dimitrov and Gilles Simon who can rattle the draw.
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