Nadal: “You have to see the glass as half full because that’s how it is”

Rafa Nadal addressed the media after beating German Yannick Hanfmann in the second round of the Australian Open, a victory that I value very positively: “It was a slightly cheating game, there are games that have to be won and more so in the situation we are in. Today this boy’s game says that it is so, the ranking maybe not. For me, the level of difficulty was much higher than the first day, it was an awkward encounter. It changes a lot the perspective”, explained.

SAbout what he executed on the court, Nadal explained that he can “do things much better.” “And I have to do them, but I’m not going to go crazy with the demands. I have to be competitive. It was a rival of more entity than it seemed, I am competing more or less well. The first set was very tough, despite the 6-2, the most difficult, in the second he had many opportunities and an early break that allowed me to save everything else”.

“You have to see the glass half full, because there are many things that deserve to be seen that way. I know that I am not very close to my maximum. Being on the track there are always possibilities, and a lot of enthusiasm, a lot of desire, because I am feeling better. I can perhaps choose better when to hit some shots and not make a mistake in the shot,” he concluded.