Before the start of the US Open, one of the leading topics is Rafael Nadal, who has the opportunity to become number one in the world again.
Àlex Corretja, Eurosport’s expert commentator, spoke about the Spaniard and his condition.
- “I don’t think we need to worry too much. Of course, it would be great for him if he could play three matches before the US Open. And that would be quite enough. But he could also win that at the beginning of the tournament with slightly easier matches, past he lost to Coric last week, but that’s okay, especially if the one who beat you ended up winning the tournament,” Corretja began.
-” And then you’re much more relaxed. That’s how I’ve always felt, I believe it’s the same with others. When you lose to someone, you cheer for him to win the tournament, because you want to feel good and say, I lost to him because he was in shape. And Coric showed that,” Corretja said.
Corretja believes that Rafael has a chance to return to TOP form.
- “Nadal only needs a few matches in New York. And he will be very dangerous again, because he will be calm knowing that he won the Australian Open from a similar position, which was incredible and surprising, especially because of the way he won the tournament. got out of a lot of trouble. It’s a shame he didn’t have a couple of matches to spare.”
-“However, I am sure that he is calm in his game. And he has the experience to deal with big winners in tournaments” – says Alex.
-” It’s hard to say when you’re so good. You have a lot of important tournaments in your career. How do you know which is your best season? We have to wait, but certainly this could be one of the surprisingly good seasons because he’s come a long way since Melbourne. Before Roland Garros, we didn’t know if he would play and win there. Nadal will try. Let’s wait. What Nadal did this season was very difficult for him.
- I think this is one of the most difficult seasons in his career, primarily because of how he started and what he went through in the middle of the season. After Indian Wells, he felt in danger and had to miss some tournaments on clay. When he came back he had problems with his foot and then he went to Paris and suddenly won Roland Garros, so I’m impressed with what he’s doing.”
-” I’ve known him since I was a boy. I don’t know how he can adapt so well to all situations. Nadal is probably the best athlete I’ve met in terms of how he deals with problems, and that’s very difficult,” Àlex Corretja concluded.