Rafael Nadal was self-critical after being defeated by the British Cameron Norrie in his season opener, he stressed that the time for his retirement has not yet arrived and he was confident that as he accumulates more minutes on court his performance will rise.
The number two in the world was upset by the insistence on the questions about his goodbye to tennis. “I don’t have to continue playing for any specific reason and I continue because of the passion I have for this sport. When I don’t have passion, I’ll leave it. It seems that you are very interested in the withdrawal. I’m here to play tennis and retirement hasn’t come yet,” Nadal said after losing to Cameron Norrie.
On the defeat against the British, whom he had beaten on the four occasions they had played, the twenty-two Grand Slam winner assumed that he still has room for improvement. “I can do things much better, although this game hasn’t been a disaster either. I have to be more solid, make fewer mistakes and improve my physique. I lacked speed but as I play games I will improve ”, he confided.
Nadal hopes that the arrival of victories will give him momentum. “I know that when he wins a game things will improve. I will play more relaxed. You have to learn from the negative things but I think I’ve done things well. I have competed until the end with a great player who had more rhythm than me. I have enough time to improve in these two weeks.” (D)
Source: Eluniverso
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