The Swiss tennis player Roger Federer, world number one, admitted that so far has meant a big problem the game type practiced by the Spanish Rafael Nadal and tournaments that are played on clay.
The Swiss tennis player Roger Federer, world number one, admitted that so far has meant a big problem the game type practiced by the Spanish Rafael Nadal and tournaments that are played on clay.
Looking to the second Grand Slam of the year, the 2010 French Open, which Federer could win last year after losing four consecutive times to Nadal, who was eliminated in the second round, Federer said: "My problem has been Rafa (Nadal). It's an amazing guy on clay. There are those who refuse to believe, but true to a great generation of players on earth. "
Defending champion specified that playing on clay is very different than doing so on other surfaces, "I think when playing on clay you may have trouble without it being noticed as much as on other surfaces."
And as for the Swiss, "50 percent (of points), one gives the opponent the running too many risks. I had to learn to play from way back and make better use of angles and how to attack. It was like a lesson in geometry, "he said.
On the other hand said that detracts from Nadal's victories, "I do not detract from Rafa, because it is exceptional and has done well on other surfaces. "
"You can play well on clay, but if you miscalculate, you lose. Be smart. It's something I had to get used to, especially when I've faced the best, as Rafa. "
Roger Federer, who is the only one who can claim in their record 16 majors, has lost 10 of 12 matches on that surface to Nadal, second-best racket world, most recently the final of the Madrid Masters 1000, which was held last weekend.
This Sunday will start the French Open, a tournament which the native of Manacor seems that it is better prepared, as well as Madrid is to win the Masters in Monte Carlo and Rome.