Rafael Nadal
Rafael Nadal
Rafael "Rafa" Nadal Parerais a Spanish professional tennis player currently ranked world No. 4. He is widely regarded as the greatest clay-court player in history, and owing to his dominance and success on the surface, he has been titled "The King of Clay". His evolution into an all-court threat has established him as one of the greatest players in tennis history, with some considering Nadal to be the greatest player of all time...
NationalitySpanish
ProfessionTennis Player
Date of Birth3 June 1986
CityManacor, Spain
CountrySpain
If you don't lose, you cannot enjoy the victories. So I have to accept both things.
It's important to have people around you with enough confidence to say if you are not acting in a good way. Normally, when you are at the top, people say everything is fantastic. Probably in that moment it is what you want to hear, but it's best to be reminded how to act properly.
I always think about victory. It was very important for me to stay in this final. If I play my best I have a chance (against Federer). I'm going to play aggressively, with determination.
I think it is unbelievable to win against the best player in the world - perhaps the best in the history of the game. It was also special because I was out of the game for more than three months. I cried because I was happy.
For sure, I'm going to play less matches because I think it's very difficult to win the same number of matches as last year. Maybe I'm going to play a little bit less, but I like playing tournaments; so if I feel good, I going to play for sure.
For sure I didn't play 100 percent. But he played very good, too.
He was playing with very good rhythm, but I can play with rhythm too if I feel good like today.
He was playing too well in the first set; very aggressive. I could do nothing.
He's playing at a very good level, maybe right now at a top-five level. I think he's going to finish the year in the top 10 if he continues like this. If he plays good on clay, he has a good chance to stay in the top 5.
I begin late, that's important factor. And the most important factor, he is better than me.
He played good. He played with confidence. I didn't play good in the important moments. When I need my winner, the winner go out. And he played very tough.
He played good and aggressive. In difficult moments, he always had the confidence to win the point, how to play the point well. I fought all match.
He plays all the time inside the court. He returns very fast all time. And at the difficult moments, I think maybe the 15-40, 4-all, he has a lot of confidence.
I am very young. He's unbelievable player. For me, he's the best, for sure. One of the best in history and he's the best player now, by far. If you look at the rankings, and the points and the Grand Slams leads, we don't have comparison.