Rafa Nadal has won 5 of 7 games in his return. "I think that is enough" to tackle the next appointment
He left the track at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Cincinnati amid cheers and applause. He lost to Novak Djokovic (6-1, 6-4) and thus, Rafa Nadal also lost the chance to regain the world number two (here we correct information yesterday, following ATP incorrect data for the points that awarded for each round in this wins) who has played in his return.
The silver lining is that Rafa has competed two weeks with no problems, apart from some discomfort, logical after inactivity but that did not affect his ability-and is happy about everything. By being here and being more prepared for the U.S. Open than I expected before this tour. " The next August 31 opened the doors of the Grand Slam last year and there is a challenge to the Spaniard, who hopes to take the final step in the tracks tournament. If Nadal had won the title, I would have to be Federer's dolphin with just 55 points ahead of Murray) but Nadal Cincinnati worship, but must wait another year to see him in the only final Masters 1000 has not yet played . "I think I need to play more games at this level to compete again as they did. I was not one hundred percent ready to play at this level ", recognized a Rafa deemed" sufficient "the seven games (five freshness, both physically and mentally, with whom he will face the U.S. Open. Never reached this far in advance to the Big Apple so you will have time to acclimatise to a big tournament that many have described as complicated. Bjorn Borg, for example, could never win, Mats Wilander did it in its seventh participation and Andre Agassi in the ninth. They say they used to their tracks, the public-noisy and sometimes irreverent, climatic conditions, the frenetic pace of the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. "I play well and try to win," he said before admitting that "physically and mentally it's hard for me to be prepared. But I think this match (with Djokovic) will be a good experience for me to try to take that step I need in New York, "acknowledged Nadal, before adding that" I shall see how to play games at the best of five sets. "
That is, perhaps, the big question, though offset by the city is not so easy. But Nadal loves a challenge. And closing the loop with the only Grand Slam that is missing would be the bomb ...