Rafael Nadal vs Borna Coric 6:7(9), 6:4, 3:6
"Obviously I didn't play my best match. It is something that can happen. Historically this tournament has been difficult for me. So coming back from a tough period of time, it is something that's easy to accept and easy to say congrats to Borna, that he played better."
"It's difficult to take a lot of positive things, but I need to improve. I need to practise. I need to return better. I need days on the court, and that's the truth. Obviously I had my chances in the beginning. In the tie-break I had two important chances with two set points that I played terrible with two more-or-less easy shots."
"You lose, you move forward. I know the way. The main thing for me is to stay healthy. It has been a difficult injury to manage, to be honest. The last month and a half hasn't been easy, because having a tear on the abdominal, you don't know when you are100 per cent over the thing, so that affects a little bit in terms of not being sure if you are able to try your best in every serve."