He believes it will cost to win a title in the remainder of the year. He feels that he has a lot to catch up with old
Rafael Nadal said that despite losing in the final of the Shanghai Masters 1000 against Russian Nikolay Davydenko feels he has been "a positive defeat"
"I lost a match with one of the best in the world, I competed as equals and that's the first time I pass after the injury. Is the first time I've felt I've been around advantage of my opportunity, especially the set point, "added the player from Manacor.
"All this makes it a positive loss, but also its negative part is because I've done I would have loved champion. With semifinals and final I think I've done a very good tour, tennis players talking. Now slowly regain level and take to the track and compete, with the assurance that I will give an appropriate level in each game, "he said.
The win and that is a good prospect, and third, the party started with a break against and struggled there and believing in victory, which saw the other times much further "reasoned Nadal.
"This is the time that I've been mentally better. Physically and also that the head has made me good answer. I tried to find solutions and have not been enough because he has played better than me and has given tennis a level higher than mine and I have not Spanish player nonetheless reasoned that will cost you win a title in the remainder of the year. "Now it will be harder to win tournaments because I only have two and both Paris and London are the best, but the positive is that I've been in a final and not know if I would be," he said.
"Now what I want is to finish the year playing well and keeping this cruise, attacking a tad more, so I need more games like today to end so. There more time to play at this level to know to attack. This is game speed and habits, and I'm in the process. I raced well and today even when at my best I had hard time to beat because he is at a high level and these tracks he is. "
Nadal feels he has much to reach the level of old: "I'm still the two in the world and since I've returned from the injury I have not done much worse than Djokovic or Murray. Del Potro has won the U.S. Open and Federer Cincinnati but I have not really done much worse than them. "
"We will not believe now that the previous level was spectacular, was good, but far from the now distant, coming just run in and winning tournaments, and that made me play at such times as the set point today , with a tad more quiet, and probably would have made the passing-shot and not the globe. That's all it is. I'm not far. I think I am, "said Rafael Nadal.