Nadal: “It is hard for me to watch myself play without analyzing myself, just enjoying myself”

Spanish tennis player Rafa Nadal remains little optimistic about the return of the competition, once the coronavirus crisis allows, but he does better day by day, now with the possibility of training away from home, and watching games on television, even if it is difficult for him to enjoy without analyzing himself. “At the moment I do not know when we will compete, I see an uncertain and far future when it comes to restarting the competition. We have been all this time, getting better, it was a very radical change, with very bad news, but with the days getting better”, he pointed out this Wednesday in an interview with Teledeporte, collected by Europa Press.

Nadal positively appreciated being able to train and did not want to look at the long term. “Doing my jobs at home and until recently we have been able to train again. I am not thinking all day 'now I would be in Barcelona, ​​Madrid or Montecarlo'. The important thing now is to recover our way of life and then there will be a lot of work to recover the activity in each sector, “he said. The 19 'big' champion reviewed the 2017 Mutua Madrid Open, which was later broadcast on the same channel, in a season of watching old games on TV. “I've been watching a lot of games. It is always beautiful, from the outside I see it more difficult than from the inside. From the outside I enjoy tennis, I value things, although it is difficult for me to look at myself without analyzing myself, just enjoying myself, “he said.

About the Madrid tournament he recalled that he had a complicated debut. “The first match was key. I had a very difficult opponent (Fognini), that match had to be passed”, he claimed. He then signed two “big games” against Goffin and Djokovic to reach the final against Dominic Thiem. “From the match with Thiem I especially remember the 'tie-break' of the first set, I think he gave me the match. Then you have to win, but it was a very worn set. He had set balls and the 'tie-break' was very difficult “, he pointed out about that final that gave him his fifth title in the Spanish capital.

In addition, the Balearic recalled that that 2017 was a special year, because it came from two “complicated” seasons. “It was a special year for me because I was returning from a long injury and in 2015 perhaps the most difficult year of my career, because without being injured I did not manage to play my best level,” he said. “In 2017 I had three finals and I won Monte Carlo. It was my first title, again on the ground, and winning in Madrid was the culmination. It gave me a unique feeling like winning at home that I was missing, “he recalled.