Wednesday, August 18th, 2010 at 7:00 am , filed under Rafael Nadal, Tennis News by Peter Johnson
Tennis World No.1 player, Rafael Nadal has not won the U.S. Open title in his career so far. Rafael Nadal admits that he was failed in last U.S. Open due to lack of fitness.
The U.S. Open 2010 will commence on 30th August. Rafael Nadal is a clay court specialist.
“There are a lot matches for me, a lot of tension in those three months, it’s a very important part of season for me and I put everything in there. And after that, it’s normal go down,” he said.
“In 2002 and 2007 I had problems with my knees…in 2008 I arrived perfect physically but destroyed mentally winning in Roland Garros, Wimbledon, Toronto, the Olympics.
So it was crazy for me, a very hard season.
“And last year was another. I broke my abdominal in Montreal, so I played here in Cincinnati with a little bit broken abdominal and with every game, the tear, the abdominal got bigger.
“I finished the U.S Open destroyed, so for me it was amazing result getting to the semifinal last year,” he said.
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