Recognizes that the match against Scotland is one of the most complicated that one can find in the circuit · showcases the talents of his rival in the quarter
Rafael Nadal took over after overcoming Croatian Ivo Karlovic in the round of Australia Open, now comes the moment of truth in the tournament when she faces the Briton Andy Murray, a player who won here three years ago, although that victory cost him the tournament, as he said.
"I done the work that had to do to this day a good start to the season, but now comes a time when you must play the best, if you really want to have options for staying in the semifinals. It is a game where there is no turning back, you must play the most and do it very well. If not, I'll do a good flight back home to continue training and prepare the next tournament, "Nadal said.
"It's a difficult game, complicated, one of the most difficult you can have on the circuit today, "said Nadal." So, to try to enjoy it, thinking quietly to be missed but you can win. Be prepared to fight at any time and for whatever may happen. "
Nadal sees Murray as a player of tremendous talent. "His qualities jump to the naked eye, has almost all the shots, get well, can play defensive and attacking, very good hand, the reverse change you also cut right and left can do, "he said.
"You have many options in his game and that is a great virtue and a great advantage to be able to do things," he added. "Everyone has their things. He is a player who always have time, is very slow. But when I play well I have the time. The only difference is that gets a lot better than me. But when I'm playing well, I also would take a lot of his game. I think if I'm playing with intensity and my best pace, we I can overcome. Each has its weapons, "he said.
His party's bittersweet 2007 Recalling his five-set duel in 2007, 231 minutes. Nadal was conclusive. "I remember that I lost the tournament," he said. "It was a very bad game, I played pretty bad and was very hard, very long. I ended up winning and that was positive but the negative was that I was dust echo to the other day with a torn hamstring," recalled Nadal, who then lost in the quarterfinals against Chilean Fernando Gonzalez.
Concentration is key Nadal admitted that the concentration in such meetings is vital. "You are in a Grand Slam, in a major tournament, and if you have no right to keep and no chance of being in the quarterfinals. The competition simply mark you," he said.