“My feeling was I ready to win,” Nadal said. “I was believing I can win the tournament there. I had the chance against Andy, had break in the first, break in the second, and I was playing at very good level. Both players played really well, and I feel like I was at the top the whole time.”

“I think my feeling the level is much better now,” he said. “If I am healthy, just play the tournaments that I have on the schedule, I have good chances.”

Nadal added that he’s planning on playing a full clay court schedule this year -- Monte‑Carlo, Barcelona, Rome, Madrid and Roland Garros -- but it appears that if he’s tired or hurt, he might be willing to skip Madrid.

“The only thing what I did, what I changed two times, I didn't play in Hamburg [now the week of Madrid].  But I really don't want to change if it's possible.”
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