Wednesday, February 5, 2014
Speaking to Spanish radio on Monday in Barcelona, Rafael
Nadal said his most recent loss in Australia is taking
longer than normal for him to get over.
Photo source: Corleve
Rafael Nadaltalked to COPE Radio in Barcelona on
Monday, and says that while he is in good spirits, he is
taking his loss in the Australian Open final a little bit
harder than most.
“The soul is good,” Nadal said. “It wouldn’t be right to say I
was not well after all the things this life has given me. I am
a person that takes losses very well, I always have been, and I
really do not think about them anymore after a few hours. This
time it’s taking me a little more.”
Nadal, who tweaked his back in the second set of the Australian
Open final and went on to lose to Stan Wawrinka in four
sets, says the experience of suffering an injury in such a
crucial match was a horrible one for him. “I knew I had no
chance of winning, but I had no intention of retiring. It was
the worst hour and a half that I have spent on a tennis court,”
Nadal told Spanish radio on Monday.
Nadal, who was in Barcelona to be honored at the Mundo
Deportivo Gala on Monday, says that he is unsure if he
will be ready in time to participate in next week’s
Copa Claro in Buenos Aires, Argentina. “I am
fine,” Nadal said. “I underwent another examination today and I
have continued the same treatment since I returned from
Melbourne. I have not yet hit the court or done any exercise, I
have been resting and have tried to do the right rehabilitation
so I can get back on court as soon as possible, and my goal is
to do it on Thursday.”
Nadal added that he will need to see how his recovery
progresses on Thursday and Friday before deciding whether or
not to make the trip to Argentina.
Translation: AAP