"I'm tired, or course, Sad in this moment because I had plenty of opportunities. But I think he played a good match. For me, even though that was not the best match, I had a lot of opportunities to win it, so... That's it, I need to accept all this kind of stuff. After a year, that's normal that things happen. As I say every day: Every day is a different story, and things are difficult after such a long time. Today the opponent played well, made me play one more ball. I didn't play bad, but I was just one ball away."
Angesprochen auf die Probleme mit seinem linken Oberschenkel sagte Nadal:
"For sure it's not the same like last year at all, because when it happened last year, I felt something drastic immediately. Today I didn't feel anything. The only problem is because the place is the same, you are a little bit more scared than usual. In ideal world, it's just the muscle supercharged after a few days of effort and a very tough match. That will be the ideal thing, something that we know that can happen today. That is why I'm talking all the time and my goal is to try to be competitive in a few months. If that pain is not important, it's a very positive week."