“I had to make an effort here“, stressed the Spaniard, who aspired to a victory that would distance him from Novak Djokovic, who has 21 major trophies, and guarantee him to return to world number one.
“I did what I could but things didn’t turn out the way I would have liked. Now I have to do a ‘reset’, it’s been a bit difficult for a few months and start again professionally speaking. And personally, to end the year with something very important, which is my first child.“, he stressed.
I have more important things than tennis to attend to, and then the decisions that need to be made will be made.
Spanish media reported in recent days that Nadal’s wife, Mery Perelló, had been admitted to a clinic as a precaution, to which the tennis player reacted last week from New York by assuring that his wife “is fine.”
“I have to go back. I need to fix things, life, so I don’t know when I’m going to come back,” he said. “I’m going to try to be mentally prepared. When I feel like I’m ready to compete again, I’ll be there.”
“As soon as I can, I will continue with my professional life and I will try to return to training, do a mini preseason to be able to finish the year in Europe with good feelings,” he said. “There is some tournament ahead if everything else goes well.”
“15 minutes after losing the last Grand Slam of the year, everything is dark, hard to see what’s coming, but it’s normal. There is nothing left to go on and I am confident that I will continue to have the inner strength,” she stressed.
Regarding his gray performance against Tiafoe, against whom he fell in four sets, Nadal unequivocally admitted the superiority of the American (number 26 in the ATP), who achieved the greatest victory of his career.
I have to return. I need to fix things, life, so I don’t know when I’m going to come back
“I’m not looking for excuses, in the end there are times when you can handle everything and others when you can’t and now it’s time to say no. I want to congratulate the rival,” he declared.
“Maybe I lacked a little more freshness, filming, intangible things that are difficult to explain, and tranquility.“, summarized.