Nadal: 'The better I play here, the easier I will play well at Wimbledon'
LONDON The world number one, the Spanish Rafael Nadal, admitted today, after passing the second round in the tournament at Queen's, that "the best play" in this competition, "the easier it is to play well at Wimbledon."
Nadal, champion in 2008, which expired on Wednesday in his first game of this year the Brazilian Marcos Daniel 6-2, 6-2, said he needed "a process of adaptation" to the grass, why is not "favorable to win "This first tournament of the season on that surface.
"After playing for time on clay is very difficult to get here and start playing well on grass, but I will do my best," said Nadal, the first player to participate Queen's still number one in the world since he made in 2003 Lleyton Hewitt.
With regard to the proximity of the third Grand Slam of the season, a Wimbledon which begins June 21, the newly crowned champion of Roland Garros said: "I do not like to think of the following tournaments, I tournament to tournament, I give importance to all and this has its importance."
The de Mallorca, which will take a break after Wimbledon to spend time on his land, he faced today number 112 of the ATP list and it rolled.
"The fact that the points have been more logical points played and is not a huge punch, but not out wrong, I may have served to have picked up the pace more easily, "said Nadal over Marcos Daniel.
The Brazilian, who confessed to win that looked Efe duel, won a total of four games and enjoyed to score some points against the number one thanks to some nice left and volleys .
Nadal now accumulated over a confrontation without losing any "set" and showed he is fully fit.
"All the rivals are complicated and go to the track knowing that I can lose to everybody," said the Spaniard after ensuring their access to quarterfinals, where they will face Uzbekistan's Denis Istomin.
Asked especially the British media about his fitness and his return from tendinitis in the knees that last season away from the slopes, Nadal confirmed that he had felt good about the grass, a surface not seen as particularly aggressive with their joints or her primary concern.
"I have no pain now, for the moment I'm fine. I enjoy a lot (on grass) because I learn new things," he said.
Another topics focused conversation with journalists Nadal was the recovery of first place in the ATP, who snatched the last Sunday Roger Federer after winning the final at Roland Garros against Swede Robin Soderling.
"Nothing special", said the Spanish when asked what he felt when he returned to that position.
"I am very happy to be, I am because I did the right thing," he added, before warning: "It is better news for me to be healthy."
Nadal, converted its 24 years in the third richest player in tennis history after overcoming Andre Agassi, he regretted not being able to train all you wished for rain in London since he arrived from Paris on Monday.
He did that same day for only fifteen minutes on Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday morning with his partner in the double box, Marc Lopez, a Spanish tandem that will be today with German Rainer Schuettler and Serbian Janko Tipsarevic.
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