`All you need time and cost changes´, explained the Spaniard
His next opponent will be Lukas Lacko of Slovakia, who beat Young
The Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal stood in the third round of Australia Open after defeating veteran player Tommy Haas of Germany 6-4, 6-3, 6-4 in 2 hours and 29 minutes of play.
Although the player Balearic his party pushed through in three sets, the fact is he did not play with the fluidity that showed at the start of it and you did a great German tennis Nadal did not let out the meeting with the facility that provided .
And that world number two began to plan sweeping, dominating his opponent with winners and score points easily, allowing him to have his first set point with 5-1 and German service.
At the time Haas became the great player and recalled a few years ago when he was not hobbled by injuries. Not only saved the point, but three straight chained and had break point to even five games.
Nadal seemed to lose the clarity of ideas and exhibited a dense game against an opponent who was coming up at times. But Spanish saved his service and the first set.
In the second race, the Spanish player started making a new break and was very firm with their service. Yielded only four points, which allowed him to move more quietly in the party to join the second set, 6-3
But Haas would not surrender easily and started breaking the serve of the Spanish in the third set, Nadal achieved an advantage that is not wiped until the sixth game. The Spanish took a breath and tighten again when the set came the decisive moment, to end the game.
`The changes cost and need time´
Rafael Nadal said after winning the third qualifying round of the Australia that takes time to assimilate the changes it intends to establish in his game and he is confident that in the coming months will notice the results.
Nadal, this year looks more aggressive in the game, was more unstable in this facet of his game Tommy Haas in the first round, which recognized the player and blamed the need to assimilate these practices and games changes.
"Every change costs, and obviously need to play games with the same line all the time. I think I started with the very clear and then bundled me a bit and I´ve been playing a little further back than that I would have liked. At times I´m back to playing in front at the start of the second set, but then again I went over backwards, "he acknowledged.
"I´m trying to play more aggressive with my right, trying to play later, trying to hit balls that are a tad easier to be a little more definitive, and trying to close the points on the network when I can," he added.
The world number two said that in his first game against Kuznetsov did it "for a long time" and that today at Haas "unless the other day,"
"You have a clear idea in order to maintain this throughout the game, but that´s daily work and training two and a half weeks things do not get it, but training well for a few months the probability of success is high," he said.
Although also wore a bandage on his right knee, Nadal said he has not felt any discomfort and has been able to play without problems.
On the game at Haas, said the Spaniard tennis player who played in a "fantastic" the first seven games of the match, but then made some mistakes, but was fortunate in the tenth game, when Haas had break point to even five games of "make two consecutive aces."
"I started the second set very well again and I can say it was comfortable for me, because I got a `break´ at the beginning, did not suffer with my service and I got a second break with 5-3. Then I played a bad game at the start the third and had to be fighting all the way to go up and then it got, "he said.