My motivation is tomorrow, just one day at a time, right? Rafael Nadal More Quotes by Rafael Nadal More Quotes From Rafael Nadal I am not the most courageous guy in the world outside of the court. Rafael Nadal courageous guy world If you are playing bad you are going to lose here, on clay, on ice, or on the beach. Rafael Nadal clay ice beach I'm always searching for new music, and I change what I listen to on a regular basis. Rafael Nadal new-music bases I'll never have a tattoo - I just don't like them, and when you're old they can look a disaster. As for piercings, I don't like them on men. Rafael Nadal tattoo men looks I normally listen to Spanish music - well, Latin music. I like a lot of singers... Rafael Nadal wells singers latin I think I am a complete player. I can play well on all the surfaces. For me, the clay might be easiest, but I am not a specialist on clay. Rafael Nadal clay player thinking Honestly, what can I say? I am super happy, after all the things that I went through in my career in terms of injuries, I never thought at the age of 33 and a half that I will have this trophy in my hands again. Rafael Nadal sports I think this trophy is the work of the whole year, a great year in all terms, this trophy with me is a big personal satisfaction. Rafael Nadal sports I cannot complain, but at some point I feel that there is a couple of years out there that I have been in a position that I had chances to be the number one and I got injured and I could not fight for it. Rafael Nadal sports I played a not very good game at 3-2, in that moment things looked under control, but then Daniil increased a lot and changed a lot of things. Rafael Nadal top-news At the beginning of the fifth, I cannot lose my serve, if I am able to hold my serve, I really thought -- I really hoped -- that I going to have my chances. Rafael Nadal top-news And then I took some salt, thats all, and then it was over. The body is in good shape, I think. Not big problems, just, of course, a little tired. Long day. Rafael Nadal sports Hes having a great season, one of the best of his career, if not the best, i need to be playing well. I think today I played better than yesterday, so I hope tomorrow I continue with this improvement. Thats what I need if I want to keep having chances to be through. Rafael Nadal sports All the matches are difficult here, it was a tough first set. Then in the second, I was able to take advantage at the beginning, but then he broke me back. Rafael Nadal sports I created another opportunity to be in another final of a Grand Slam. Just have to accept that was not my day, i played a great event. Today is sad because for me I know chances are not forever. Last year I had chances. I had another one, and I was not able to convert to win one more time here. Rafael Nadal sports I didn't play as good as I did in the previous rounds, and he played well. So he deserves it, he was doing a lot of things well. Honestly, I didn't have the great feelings that I had the other days. I was not able to open the court as the other days. Rafael Nadal sports I didnt play well enough. Rafael Nadal sports The level that I kept during the first 45 minutes, you can't really maintain that, it was almost the. top level, the highest level I could play. Rafael Nadal sports This has been a complicated week for me, especially at the start. Today I enjoyed playing tennis again, I lost against a top rival and I was competitive until the end, what I needed to do was play more games like this to have a chance of victory. It has been a good base for what is to come. There are some victories which hurt you and others which can help you and this is one of those. Rafael Nadal sports Me and my coaches knew he (Struff) was going to play aggressively, it was one of those matches where every point counts, he put me under a lot of pressure so I had to play through that but my serve was solid throughout, i'm aware that I was facing someone who has beaten Tsitsipas and Goffin this week so I'm very happy that I was able to win. Rafael Nadal sports
