Rafael Nadal "I feel PAIN in the same place" - Brisbane 2024

Thank you everyone for joining us. Rafa, how are you feeling after such an intense match tonight? Well, tired of course Yeah, sad in this moment because I have been I had plenty of opportunities, but I think he played a good match and for me Even that was not the best match. I had a lot of opportunities to win it so That's it. No need to to To accept all this kind of stuff after a year, you know, that's that's normal that things happens as I said every day every day is a different story and Things are difficult after such a long time and today the opponent played well make me play one more ball and I didn't play bad, but But I was just one ball away Rafa commiserations, we're all wondering about the Upper part of your left leg. Tell us exactly what you think the problem was and and how serious it is Oh, I don't know. No, I mean I need to Need to see how I wake up tomorrow morning. But I mean when we have been talking this kind this this past days and Talking about the positive things, you know, I know That's that's why I am NOT over positive when when I have been talking and I have been very Talking with a lot of precaution because I know after a year is difficult to It's difficult for the body to to be playing tournaments At the highest level and when the things are becoming more difficult you don't know how your body gonna gonna react no and You know, I need to be open and nothing changed for me The way that I approach everything didn't change at all. I need to accept everything how it comes and if Things happens if I have one problem there one problem to the to the other part of the body I need to accept because at the but is a beginning having you know, I I didn't play a tournament for such a long time and I even without playing tournament is not that I I am practicing at the highest level for For four months, you know, you know as I said the last month have been quite good in terms of intensity But it's not it's not a long period of time. No, so I don't know. I mean I I I Hope it's not important and I hope to have the chance to to to be practicing this week and to play in Melbourne, but Honestly, I am not hundred percent sure of anything now And when you decided to play on were you were you in a lot of pain there at the end of the match? I mean Let's see. I mean what the pain the amount of pain on the match It's not important at all. You know, it's today's The the thing is I had I had the chance to play three matches The opponent played well, so all the credit to to him that he fight if I he fought very hard and For my side as I am, you know happy the way that the week Went and if that thing is not important is is a very positive week, you know if if something is worse than what I What we want then is not that positive but But let's wait. I mean, it's not the day to talk about this kind of stuff. It's the day to be Happy and to congratulate the opponent and then the next couple of days Let's see how how I feel and then if I don't Feel well, then we're gonna do a test and we're gonna check it. But today is Is the moment to to to be calm and to wait how I wake up tomorrow and after tomorrow and then let's Can you tell us why did you feel the pain to the hip to the right leg where exactly Yeah, I mean, it's a very similar place to to what happened last year, but different different stuff No, I feel more muscle last year was tendon. I feel the muscle tired and this I mean For sure is not the same like last year at all because when it happened last year I felt something drastic Immediately. No, not today. I didn't feel anything The only problem is because the the place is the same you are a little bit more scared than than usual and in In ideal world, I mean, it's just The muscle supercharged After a few days of effort and a very tough match That's will be the ideal thing something that We know that can happen today and that's why I am talking all the time that my goal is to try to be competitive in in a few months because I know I mean from this perspective you don't know all the information that that I have and From that perspective The only thing that probably you see is I have been playing very well the last two matches. It's true I have been playing well But a lot of things can can be happening in in a body like my body after a year without playing tennis So hopefully it's just that it's just a muscle that is super charged because It's a normal process on that if that's the thing then everything perfect, you know As I said, I didn't came here to the win tournaments now No I just came here to to try to come back and do it in a positive way that it was a very positive way And then let's see. I really hope that if the the feeling on that leg Is better and better tomorrow and after tomorrow then it's a It's a perfect news. If not, as I said, we're gonna do the test and let's see Thank you. Thank you very much. Have a good night