Nadal Liked the Match But Not the Outcome

Written by: on 30th January 2012
Tennis Australian Open 2012
Nadal Liked the Match But Not the Outcome

Rafael Nadal of Spain signs autographs after beating Feliciano Lopez of Spain in the fourth round of the Australian Open Grand Slam tennis tournament in Melbourne, Australia on 22 January 2012. EPA/BARBARA WALTON  |

Nadal Liked the Match But Not the Outcome

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For a player who had just lost the longest Grand Slam final of all time, Rafael Nadal was in a remarkably positive frame of mind. On a night when both players produced winning performances, there was a lot of good that the Spaniard felt he was able to take away from the match.

“I think we played a great tennis match,” he said. “It was I think a very good show, my opinion. I enjoyed being part of this event and this match. That’s the true, no?

“I wanted to win, but I am happy about how I did. I had my chances against the best player of the world today. I played one against one. For a long time I didn’t felt that I was playing in less advantage than him, you know.

“I didn’t play at lower level than him for a long time, so that’s a very positive thing for me. I am very happy about my mentality tonight, the mentality worked like in my best moments. So very happy about the beginning of the 2012 season.

“I never put him in this situation during 2011, all 2011, so that’s another positive thing for me. I didn’t have mental problems today against him. I had in 2011 all these mental problems. Today I didn’t have. I compete with normal conditions against him, no? So that’s another positive thing. Probably never say that many positive things after I lose.”

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