iVamos Rafael!

Olka

ATP MASTERS SERIES - TORONTO 2006
7.08.06

Q. How have you spent your time since Wimbledon?

RAFAEL NADAL: So I have one week off at home doing some activities, some accidents with the car.

Q. We read about that. What happened?

RAFAEL NADAL: Big mess, no? Is nothing special. I was 30 kilometers for hour, so very slow. How you say, distraction?

I stay home fishing, go to the beach the first week. After the next week I begin little bit practicing, not much, one hour and a half every day. After I have one thing with Nike in Amsterdam. After I have three days with the all family, 30 people, 30 persons, in Euro Disney, parties. I start preparing for here, no?

So that's my schedule.

Q. When you are away from tennis, do you miss the competition?

RAFAEL NADAL: Not much. Sometimes yes, but not much because I was playing a lot the last months, I was a little bit tired. I have a little bit problem in my hand, so I was need to stop, no? So that's good.

I begin now another time. And now is the first tournament. Is going to be difficult because when you are one month without the competition, it's tough get the rhythm.

But I'm going to try my best. It's important tournament for me. I am very happy be here. I am going to compete all the time, so that's important for me, no?

Q. Can you talk about the rivalry with Roger, why it's so popular with people, why it's caught on as much as it has?

RAFAEL NADAL: I don't know, no? I answer this question a lot of time, so...

Maybe is good for the tennis because the public, we play five finals this year, so that's good for the public, sure, because the public watch the matches. He can say this time win here clay, grass, hard. That's nice.

And for me is very good. I am the No. 2. I am playing unbelievable year for me. Roger is one of the best of the history for sure, no? I not trying to compete against him, no. I am trying myself, trying playing good, improve my game. So that's very important for me. I'm maybe five years younger than him, so I need improve my game. So that's very important for me, no?

I am young, and I need continuing not thinking about the No. 1, not thinking about compete Federer, Federer. I'm not thinking about that, never. I'm just thinking about my game, about I need improve the serve, I need improve little bit playing more aggressive sometimes. I am thinking about that, no? Is good, a lot of matches against the No. 1 and the No. 2.

Q. Your thoughts on the level of interest in men's pro tennis compared to Europe and other countries, and the fact that Roger and yourself both being European has negatively impacted that growth?

RAFAEL NADAL: I don't have opinion about that, no, because I don't know exactly how is the tennis in the United States, in North America. I don't know exactly how is the popular of the tennis now here in Canada, North America.

In Europe now, maybe in Spain - I know Spain - Spain is improving. We have a lot of players. But the popular of tennis is improve, so that's good, no, for the tennis, for the sport?

So maybe North America always is a popular sport, but I don't know exactly how is in this moment, no?

Q. Tremendous amount of success on clay and other surfaces. How important is it for you to show that you can dominate on something like outdoor hard court?

RAFAEL NADAL: Maybe if I am playing good on hard, I play very complete year, no, because if you are playing good on clay, good on grass, good on hard, you are playing a very good year, so I going to try that.

I was playing good on hard this year I was winning in Dubai, semifinals in Indian Wells, third round in Miami, no? Is a good tournaments, no? That's good.

So we will see the next month, the next three tournaments here. We will see.

Q. What do you think about Spain losing in the tournament of soccer?

RAFAEL NADAL: Yeah, it was a disappointing moment for everybody, no? We had -- we was playing very good the first three matches, qualifying round, and after we lost against France, no? We always have a bad luck.

Q. You think they'll come back next time?

RAFAEL NADAL: We going to see in 2010. We have the European Cup now in two years. We going to see.

Q. You are very happy you broke Vilas' records?

RAFAEL NADAL: Yeah, was a good moment for me. I was winning every tournament on clay. That's very nice moment. Sure is important for me have this record, no? But the most important thing for me is not the record, is continue playing at a high level, at the best level after my injury. I come back and win the same like last year, maybe I improve a little bit.

Q. Muchas gracias.

RAFAEL NADAL: You're welcome.

Q. What is the most difficult aspect of keeping that record going and your standard? Is it concentration? Is it the physical considerations? Is it technique?

RAFAEL NADAL: Maybe the positive mentality, that's all. I think always I believe that's the most important thing - not just in tennis, no, but in everything on life, so...

Q. Can you talk about your confidence coming in as the defending champion at this event?

RAFAEL NADAL: It's not exactly the same tournament, is Montréal and Toronto. So the court is a little bit different. Is similar, but Montréal was a little bit faster. Toronto, I lost here in first round two years ago. I hope this year not the same, no? I want to play good. I want to find my level, my best level here, that's important.

And the first match is going to be tough after one month out of competition. The first match is always very difficult. And I play against a good player, no, Massu. Is going to be important, the first match. We will see.

Q. Which match has been your most challenging this year?

RAFAEL NADAL: What do you want to listen? The one of I win or the one of I lose? Because if you say one of I lose, maybe against Blake in Indian Wells. He play very good, no? He was playing very good. If I win the one match, when I win against Federer in Rome, no?

Q. You're a very popular player, bring style to men's pro tennis. Could you talk about how important style and glamour is? Your record speaks for itself, but speak about the importance of style and glamour in this age of pro sports.

RAFAEL NADAL: I don't know. I can't. I don't have opinion of that. You can opine, everybody can opine, but not me. And I'm a little bit shy. Prefer don't speak a lot about me, no?

Q. You've talked about focusing on getting better. Do you have in the back of your mind any long-term goals, maybe being one of the best of all times, better than Federer? How do you approach your long-term goals in the sport?

RAFAEL NADAL: I say the same. I am not thinking about Federer, no? Federer is one of the best of the history. Do one of the best of the histories, I don't have -- is very, very difficult, no?

I thinking about every day practicing at hundred percent, every day know exactly what can I do for improve. I want to continuing like this. If I continuing like this with positive mentality, improving my game, maybe in the next three years I going to improve more, no? So we will see. You never know.

Maybe sometimes I am playing good and in the next year I going to play bad. You never know. But is not my expect, no? I want continue improve, and that's my goal.

And 'improve' is not improve on the results, is improve on the game. Sometimes you improve, and the results... Is very difficult improve the results. For my serve, the most important thing is be happy with me and improve my game.

Q. What part of your game do you think needs the most improvement?

RAFAEL NADAL: You can improve all. Especially I can improve a little bit more my serve, my volley, my winner. That's the most important point, no?

Q. The media likes to give nicknames to players. If you had to give yourself a nickname, what would you call yourself?

RAFAEL NADAL: I don't know.

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Olka

ATP MASTERS SERIES - TORONTO 2006
10.08.06
6-1, 3-6, 6-2
po przegranym meczu z Berdychem

Q. What you've had one month away from competition, is there a greater risk that you can suffer a defeat like that?

RAFAEL NADAL: Yeah, sure. But I need to stop. I was need to stop. Yeah, that's the risks. But I say that's the risk. If I was playing one month tournaments, Bastad, Stuttgart, I could come here and lose with Berdych, too. He's one of the best players in the world, especially in hard court.

So he play good match. I don't feel my best. I feel bad, especially with my forehand. I can't touch the ball 10 times consecutive with confidence. I lost a little bit the feeling. So for that I lose today, no? He play a good match.

Q. Do you know why you feel bad?

RAFAEL NADAL: Yeah, sure, sometimes you play better, sometimes you play bad.

If you play against another player and you not feeling your best, you can win for sure, no? You can play tomorrow another time with a little bit more confidence, with a little bit more rhythm. But I don't have the best draw here. Berdych is a bad draw, for sure, in the third round.

It's okay, no? I can't play every week the final, no? I lost in third round against a very good player here. I don't find my best game here, so I will try in Cincinnati.

But I need matches. I need a little bit more confidence. That's how I can get this confidence, winning matches, no? One month without is tough, no?

Q. Is it also a question of his style matches up quite well against your style?

RAFAEL NADAL: Who?

Q. Berdych's style, is it a question that his style matches up well against your style? He likes to have time in which to attack, to hit the ball.

RAFAEL NADAL: So yes, but maybe he can play comfortable because my style is not working a hundred percent. If I am playing good, for sure my style going to be tough for him, no? Because if I am touching hard my ball with the forehand, with the good topspin, not shorter like this, sure, my style going to be tough for him, no?

But if I am not feeling my best, the ball is very low here, very big, he can play very tough, and the ball never go out. That's more easier for him, no? But we will see. We will see in the next games against him. I hope I gonna win.

Q. After going through something like that in singles, is it difficult to go right back out there an hour and a half later and have to play a doubles match as well?

RAFAEL NADAL: No. I was trying my best in the doubles, for sure. I was trying my best. I was playing against -- we was playing against very tough players. They was playing the final of Wimbledon. We play a good match. We don't play a bad match doubles. We lost 7-6, 6-4. We have chances. But that's okay, no?

Q. A lot of people here were talking about you going up against Roger. It seemed in a lot of people's minds, that's what they wanted to see. They thought maybe that was going to happen. Is the sport just so unpredictable, you never know what happens from week to week?

RAFAEL NADAL: The normal thing is not happens because in the draw we are 64, not two. Maybe we understand better that than yous, no? Always is the same question. "You going to play the final against Roger?" No, going to play the first round, third round, second round, quarterfinals, semifinals. If you win a lot of matches, you can play the final. But that's very tough.

Q. Were you feeling better on the court tonight when you were playing doubles? Better than this afternoon?

RAFAEL NADAL: Maybe today I serve a little bit better - not in the doubles, in the singles, is my best day with the serve. That's important. But the doubles is not -- I can't compare the doubles, no? Is another sport.

We will see. Tomorrow maybe not practice, but after tomorrow in Cincinnati when I going to practice, on Saturday and on Sunday, on Monday. I hope I going to play Tuesday. We will see the next Tuesday what's my feelings, no?

Q. Berdych beat you twice. Why is it so difficult to beat him?

RAFAEL NADAL: Who beat who? Berdych?

Q. Yes. Why is it so difficult?

RAFAEL NADAL: He's a very good player. He play very tough. He has all shots, good forehand, good serve, good backhand. But I am worries about me, not about the others, no? I need play good -- if I am playing good, I have chance against everyone because I know I win against Berdych, I win against a lot of -- against all players, no? But I can win and they can lose always. So sometimes win, sometimes lose. If you feel good, you can win, and you can lose. If you feel bad, you have more chances for lose. If you feel good, you can win and you can lose. If you feel bad, you can win and you can lose, but you have more lot of chances for go to Cincinnati lately (smiling).

Q. It was very windy out there. Can you talk about the effect that played?
RAFAEL NADAL: Yeah, maybe that's little bit worse for me because against the wind, he serve better than me, he serve more tougher. He hit the ball much flatter. That's more important, because with the wind is tougher to play with topspin, play with control. That's better for him, for sure.

But he play better than me. We can say -- we can't speak about the wind. I don't like to find more excuses than the game, no? He play better. I lose. That's okay.

Q. Can you talk a little about how much support you had from the fans throughout this whole tournament?

RAFAEL NADAL: Yeah, I was surprise here. The fans were unbelievable every day. To say thank you very much to the Canadian fans. I feel very good here - not in the court, but outside sure. Every day was very nice for me, no, when I go to the practice, when I go to the court. Very nice sensation.

Q. After Wimbledon, with the rivalry budding, do you allow yourself to kind of look ahead to the next Grand Slam, to the Open? If so, are you just thinking of your next tournament before you play New York?

RAFAEL NADAL: No, no, no, I think about Cincinnati now. I know the most important tournament is the U.S. but I know for play good the U.S. I need find the good rhythm, the good confidence. I need to play a little bit better in Cincinnati, no?

Q. What would you like to be different at the US Open this year compared to last year?

RAFAEL NADAL: First thing, don't come back to Mallorca, no? Last year I won in Montréal, I played the first round in Cincinnati, and I come back to Mallorca. This time, if I lose the first round in Cincinnati, I going to be there, no? Is tougher, the jetlag. That is the first thing.

After, I don't know what. I put my best. Last year I was arriving to the US Open with not my best mentality. And this year, sure, I can lose. I can lose in first round. But I hope I arrive with my best mentality. That's decisive for my game.

Q. Will you train in New York? Will you be in Manhattan if you're not going home?

RAFAEL NADAL: I going to be in one hotel, no. I don't understand.

Q. (Questions translated.)

RAFAEL NADAL: Sure, I going to practice in there, in New York, no? Flushing Meadows.

Q. A lot of players don't actually practice all the time at the tennis center, sometimes at other sites.

RAFAEL NADAL: I prefer play in the main court, no? If I can't, go to other place. But maybe I can.

Q. Television graphics at Wimbledon showed that where you stood to receive serve on grass was very different.

RAFAEL NADAL: I saw. The comparation (sic) with clay, the final of French. I saw on TV this comparation (sic). It was two meters.

Q. A lot.

RAFAEL NADAL: Yes.

Q. Is that something you must do on hard courts or not?

RAFAEL NADAL: Sometimes yes, sometimes not. Is not the same like Wimbledon. Sometimes yes. I need practice these days a little bit all game, no? I going to practice a little bit my return more. That's important. I was returning not good, no? That's important for begin well the point. For me, most important thing now is begin my best feeling with my forehand. If I feel my best feeling with the forehand, all game is easier, no? So we gonna see.

Q. Other than Roger, maybe Berdych was the most dangerous player for you in the draw. Not so lucky to get him in the third round.

RAFAEL NADAL: No, I don't want to say Roger -- because I lost today against Berdych, Berdych is the best after Roger, no.

Q. The most dangerous.

RAFAEL NADAL: Not the most dangerous. Today, yes (smiling). Today, yes, he's the most dangerous for me. But we will see. Tomorrow he play against Gasquet, maybe he has a tough match. We will see. Gasquet is playing well. For me 50 and 50%.

Thank you. See you next year - next after two.

Olka

ATP MASTERS SERIES - CINCINNATI 2006
15.08.06
po wygranym meczu z Querreyem 6:7, 6:2, 6;3

Q. It looked like you were working pretty hard. Was it a tougher match than you'd expect from a wildcard?

RAFAEL NADAL: No, I know I was playing bad in Toronto (indiscernible). I am practicing here better the tournament, no, but I know, no, I wasn't with a lot of confidence. So the most important thing is the victory today, no? He is a good player. He has a very good future.
So for me I bringing very bad the match. Very bad. I have my chance in the first set with one 15?40. In the 30?40 I have one forehand and I miss that. So after the first set I can do the break in the third game of the second, but without play very good, no?

But in the third, maybe I improve a lot my level, no? So that's the most important thing, the victory. And in the third I finish the match too much better, no? So that's important.

Q. Did you figure that eventually after the first set you'd start playing better?

RAFAEL NADAL: After the first?

Q. Yeah. Did you feel like at some point you would begin to play more like yourself?

RAFAEL NADAL: No, I -- I was thinking about victory always, no? But I know I was playing very bad. I had lot of mistakes in the first.
So after, after, I have a little bit luck, good luck in the first game of the second. He had some mistakes, and that's important for my confidence, no, I can do the break faster. After that, I improve my level, no?

Q. Are the conditions pretty different? It's warmer and a bit faster. Is it different here?

RAFAEL NADAL: Here is a little bit faster than Toronto, but the ball is still the same, no? The ball is still big. But is a little bit faster, yes. Is so faster.

Q. Is okay for you?

RAFAEL NADAL: For me it's okay. I always think I am -- is me playing good and I am playing bad, not the court is good, the court is bad, the balls is okay, what is bad. So it's me.

Q. Did you feel rusty in your run in Toronto?

RAFAEL NADAL: Can you repeat? I lost the concentration.

Q. Did you feel rusty in your run in Toronto?

RAFAEL NADAL: It's a new word. I gonna improve. I gonna learn a new one.
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Q. Short of match practice, off your game.

RAFAEL NADAL: Sure, in Toronto was not a good tournament for me, no? Is important play a little bit better. Not the result. The result, the third round, sure, is not my best result but is not a disaster, no? But is the form, is the game, no?

So here I want to improve my game. I practicing three hours and a half every day before the tournament. So I work a lot for feel better, no?

Q. With all the success you've had on all surfaces, not having a win here, getting your first win, does that make you feel a little bit more comfortable playing at this tournament?

RAFAEL NADAL: Is important. I lost two dramatic matches here. Two years ago against Chela I lost with 5?3 in the third, and the last year I lost with three matchpoints, no? Ace with second serve. Big serve in the third -- in the first, in the first. And forehand winner on the line, no? So I remember exactly the match. So that's tough, yes.

Is important for me win here first match, no?

Q. Do you remember your victories the way you remember your losses?

RAFAEL NADAL: Yeah, sure, I remember all matches.

Q. Can you talk about Sam Querrey. Is he someone we should look out for in the future?

RAFAEL NADAL: Yeah, he's a young player. Just with the serve he gonna be a good player for sure, no? He gonna be in the top 50 easy just with the serve. After, he wasn't -- he don't play bad with the baseline, no, so that's important. And he has a very good potential, no? We will see. Always is important the attitude, too. So we will see in the future, no? He is young, one less than me? Yeah, one less than me.

But if you look, Djokovic is still in the top 20. Murray, too. So a lot of good players now is come back, no?

Q. You're probably asked this every week, but with you and Federer at No. 1, No. 2, the rivalry, what do you think about the rivalry and how it's kind of taken over tennis?

RAFAEL NADAL: Yeah, I don't think nothing (laughing).

I don't know, no? I live this reality. I just think about me, no? I am not looking Federer, he's winning, he's playing bad, he's playing better. I am worried about me. My goal is improve always my game. I am younger than him, but, sure, maybe I never be the same like him, no? But I am younger than him and I have lot of things for improve.

Q. Do you have confidence that you will be as good as him or that you can do what he does now in the future?

RAFAEL NADAL: That's -- so if you look the statistics, he's just one on the history with his numbers, no? So is difficult I will be the second, no?
So I am not thinking about that. I am thinking about improve my game, I am thinking about improve because in the next years I want to continuing be in the top of the top numbers. So for that reason I want to improve. I want to continuing trying to continuing winning good tournaments.
But I am not thinking about if I gonna be the same like Federer. I know that's -- it's not impossible, but very, very difficult.

Q. Carlos Moya adapted his game to win the title here on these courts. Does that suggest that you could also adapt your game so that you might have a chance?

RAFAEL NADAL: I won in Madrid, is faster than him. I won in Montreal last year, is faster than here. Is not adapt the game; is playing good or playing bad. If you are playing good, you have chance. If you are playing bad, is not the same chance.

But I am very happy. I finish the matches in Toronto, and I am not happy with the matches, no? But today I finish the match, I am very happy. I win a very important match, sure. I finish the match better than I begin, so I feel better for the next matches, no? Maybe I gonna improve my game now. I am prepared.

Q. Are you tired of being asked about Federer?

RAFAEL NADAL: Hmm?

Q. Are you tired of being asked about Federer?

RAFAEL NADAL: No, for me it's okay. But, no, I want to -- I am not tired for speak about Federer. I am tired for speak about the rivalry of him and me because on the tour is a lot of good players, no?

Q. You played Lee last week. How do you expect the match will be tomorrow on this faster court?

RAFAEL NADAL: He's a tough player. He has very good legs. He run a lot. He play faster, no, in the baseline. So we gonna see. I need play a very good match for try to win. I gonna try that.

Olka

ATP MASTERS SERIES - CINCINNATI 2006
16.08.06
po wygranym meczu z Lee 6:4, 6:3

Q. Your shirt says "hard court specialist."

RAFAEL NADAL: What?

Q. Your shirt says "hard court specialist." I think that's what it says. Is this the surface you're becoming comfortable on now? Do you think you'll ever be as comfortable on hard court as on clay?

RAFAEL NADAL: The thing is if I am playing good, is if I am playing bad. Because I play very good tournaments on hard court, no? The thing is not if I feel comfortable on hard court or not, the thing is I play good, I play bad. If I play good, I can play good. If I play bad, I play bad here, on clay, and every place.

Q. I noticed you used the volley a few times today when it was needed. How much do you practice on that? How much do you want to incorporate that, utilize that in your game?

RAFAEL NADAL: Yeah, is important, volley better, no? I improve a little bit the volley maybe. I practice a lot before Wimbledon. So if you are playing better on the baseline, so you have more chances for volley better, no, because the volley is more easy.

But today is not that, no? Today I volley some difficult volleys, and I (speaking Spanish)...

THE MODERATOR: He played them well, like he got them.

RAFAEL NADAL: Si, I play well the volleys.

Q. Is hard court more a challenge for you than clay? Your record on clay is so dominant it would seem that maybe hard courts aren't as good for you as clay.

RAFAEL NADAL: My challenge is improve in every surface. I can improve more on clay, too. I can improve on grass. I can improve in every place. I am young, I just have 20, just 20 and a few months, no?
So my goal is improve in every surface. My goal is improve the game ? not in hard court, but in every surface. But for improve in every surface, I need improve my game. So that's the challenge, no?

Q. What do you want to achieve? You've already won so much in this sport. When Andy Roddick was No. 2, his thing was he wanted to beat Roger Federer. Well, you've already done that several times.

RAFAEL NADAL: I want to be happy playing tennis, that's the most important thing for me. And I want to be happy in my life, without the tennis, no? The more satisfaction for one person is the work for me, no? If you are working well, you gonna finish your career with a good satisfaction, and that's my goal, no? I would love that, no?

Q. Were you happier with how you played today compared to your last match?

RAFAEL NADAL: Yeah. Maybe I play -- I don't play bad today, no? I was playing a good match, especially after the -- after some games, no? Because I was returning bad in the beginning, very short, very slow. And after, I change that, no? Is attitude much hard and more (indiscernible), so that's important on my game, no?

Q. Is that because you are getting used to the conditions now, the different conditions, becoming accustomed to them?

RAFAEL NADAL: Yeah, I feel better. When I was practicing warm?up today before the match, I feel better on court, I feel more comfortable, with more confidence when I am touching the ball. So that's important, very important.

Q. Is it also quicker but it bounces up higher here? Is that what happens?

RAFAEL NADAL: Here is a little bit quicker. Maybe that's good, too, for me, no? Because with my serve, I won more points. And in the baseline I can play good, too, no? So tomorrow I will have a very difficult match against Haas. That's a good test.

Q. You said before Wimbledon people were asking you what your expectations were for Wimbledon, and you were saying, Hey, listen, three or four years, put myself in position to succeed on grass, because it's a goal of yours. You go this year, you make the final. Does that change your expectations for a US Open or Australian Open because you already succeeded, got to a final on a surface that is least suitable for your game?

RAFAEL NADAL: You never know. Because you are playing well in Wimbledon, I was playing well in Wimbledon, I was serving well. You can play the final because you are the No. 2 in the world, so you have experience. When you are winning three, four matches in one surface, you have chances. Because for anything, you are the No. 2, no? You have more experience than the other guys in the important moments, so that's important in the final rounds.

So for that reason, I can play good. I was play good on Wimbledon, but maybe I play my best tournament in the year in Wimbledon, no? Wimbledon and Rome for me was the best tournaments in the year. I was playing my best tennis. Monte?Carlo semifinal and final, too.

But I say always that. I want to continue improve. I play final now in Wimbledon, but I say the same before Wimbledon now, and it improve for in the next three, four years I have -- for gonna be have a good chance, no, for win. That's important.

Q. Which improvements have you made on the mental part of the game?

RAFAEL NADAL: I don't know. Maybe I always have a good mentality, very a lot of motivation always when I go on court (speaking Spanish)...

THE MODERATOR: He always has a lot of fun playing.

RAFAEL NADAL: I love the competition, so that's good, no, for the game. Maybe now I have little bit more experience because I am playing a little bit more big matches, no, with pression. So that's important, too.

Q. One of your points in the second set they replayed. Do you like replay? How do you think that's working out?

RAFAEL NADAL: The challenge, the HawkEye?

Q. Yeah, yeah.

RAFAEL NADAL: Is okay. Is okay. Is part of the show, no? If like this tennis gonna be better, for me it's okay.

Q. Next season what will give you more satisfaction: to win your third French Open or first Wimbledon?

RAFAEL NADAL: So we gonna think now in the US Open, no? That's the most important thing now. Next year we will see.

But, sure, always you prefer win some different thing, no? I always say my dream is win any day on Wimbledon, no? I know that's very difficult for any Spanish, but with a good mentality and with big motivation and with working a lot, you have always a little bit chance, no - small chance.

Q. The WTA is going to allow coaching during matches. How much do coaches matter, and should the ATP allow that?

RAFAEL NADAL: Maybe that's stupid. Stupid because for why? For what you have a coach? For being in the chair like this (sitting with arms crossed). He's coming to Australia for anything, no? You can go just you.
So for me is important, the coaching. Is part of the show, too. You have one coach for anything, not for don't say nothing. So for me, the coaching is (speaking Spanish)...

THE MODERATOR: It's a change that is needed.

RAFAEL NADAL: For me, the WTA, that's the new rule, that's perfect. That's a good rule. I hope in the next month in the ATP gonna be change that, no, too?

Q. How famous are you in the United States compared to Europe? Do fans recognize you here in the United States as much as they do in Europe?

RAFAEL NADAL: No, maybe the same, no? Is okay. In every place, so that's good. I feel good here in the United States every time. Very good atmosphere here when I was playing doubles two days ago, unbelievable. Yesterday in the match was good. Today is, too early, at eleven. But always is good. In Toronto was very, very nice. I feel good here in America, no?

Olka

ATP MASTERS SERIES - CINCINNATI 2006
17.08.06
po wygranym meczu z Haasem 7:6, 7:3

Q. When you played your first full season in about 2003, did you expect to get to No. 2 so quickly?

RAFAEL NADAL: No, sure, I wasn't thinking about be No. 2, no? That's very nice for me. I work a lot for be in the top players of the world. But I was -- my goal was be in the top -- first of all in the top 50, after in the top 20, after in the top 10. And when I was the top 10, top 5. And after, No. 2, no?

Q. What has that been like for you, just kind of being so successful so soon in your career?

RAFAEL NADAL: Well, I don't know, no? I am happy for that. I have a very good career now. I am young. I can improve a lot of things. But now, if I stopped playing now, sure, I have a very good career, no? The important thing is improve this career, no? So I have time.

Q. Earlier today Ferrero said that the courts are pretty fast here, which might help him against you because it would make the points go by a little quicker.

RAFAEL NADAL: Ferrero say that?

Q. Yeah.

RAFAEL NADAL: So that's true.

Q. You think that's true?

RAFAEL NADAL: I don't know, no? If he say that, it's okay. I don't know, no? Gonna be a tough match, so I just think gonna be a tough match. He's a very good player. We will see tomorrow.

Gonna be a tough match. I need play my best tennis.

Q. Do faster courts make things more difficult for you, though?

RAFAEL NADAL: Sometimes, yes; sometimes, not. I was playing the final of Wimbledon, that's (significant?), no? Last year I play Montreal, I won in Montreal, and Montreal is faster than here, for sure. I won in Madrid, and Madrid is faster than here, too.

That's not the reason for play good, for play bad, for lose tomorrow, for win tomorrow. If I play good tomorrow, I have chances to win. If I play bad, I gonna lose. So that's the thing.

Q. Does it seem strange to have Roger out of the tournament so early? Normally, you are heading towards a final together when you were together.

RAFAEL NADAL: Well, is the second time this year I am in the tournament, he is out, no? First one in Barcelona, and now the second time. But is the first time when we are playing the two, he and me, he's out and I am in the tournament, no?

But is nothing special, no? Is not -- I am not thinking about the final. I thinking about the quarterfinals tomorrow. That's the thing.

Q. Can you talk about your match today, what you thought about Tommy and how you played.

RAFAEL NADAL: I play a good match. I feel comfortable on court. I am happy because I was beginning the match very well. I was playing my best tennis in the first games. After, I had some mistakes, easy mistakes, for the break. So the match after gonna be tough, no, after the -- when he come back and break me after my break, no?

So but I play good match. I feel comfortable on court, so that's the most important thing, no?

Q. Other than Carlos Moya, were there any other Spanish players you grew up watching, admiring? Did you follow Juan Carlos at all when you were growing up?

RAFAEL NADAL: No, my favorite was Moya. Sure, Ferrero was a (indiscernible). He was, when I was younger, he was the number top 10. I saw him when he won the Davis Cup for Spain in 2000 maybe. So after, when I was playing my first tournaments in the tour he was the No. 1.

Q. Do you usually get such a big crowd to watch your doubles match? That court was packed over there today.

RAFAEL NADAL: Well, sometimes. Sometimes that's nice, no? Is a good atmosphere for the doubles, so that's good for the doubles, too, no?

Q. Can you go anywhere at home and not be recognized? Do you just get mobbed, people asking for your autograph or taking pictures everywhere you go when you're at home? Can you go to the supermarket or anywhere?

RAFAEL NADAL: At my home?

Q. Yeah.

RAFAEL NADAL: Yeah, I can do everything at my home. I live in a small village and the people, everybody knows me, but not for famous, no? Everybody know me because they know me, because the village is small. So everybody now is know me because I am famous, but I go to the supermarket and I go to the party, I go to the cinema without sign - not one autograph. That's nice sometimes, too, no?

Q. I was going to ask you, is that nice, when you can be yourself?

RAFAEL NADAL: Everything is nice. So sometimes I want to feel the same like other guy, normal guy of 20 years, no, because I am normal guy.
So after, well, here, when I am here and everybody is coming to me asking me autograph, so that's very impressive, too, no?

Q. About how many people live in your village, would you say? Do you know?

RAFAEL NADAL: No, we are between 1,000 and 30,000 (laughing).
No, no, no. We was 30,000. Thirty, 32,000.

Q. You are a young guy at 20. Can you comment on some of the other young guys in the top 30 like Berdych.

RAFAEL NADAL: Yeah, maybe gonna be the future top 10s, no - Berdych, Murray, Gasquet, Djokovic. Monfils, we will see. But maybe for me is Djokovic, Gasquet. Djokovic, Gasquet, Murray and Berdych gonna be in the top 10 for sure. I don't know if this year, I don't know next year. But for me, gonna be the top 10.

But in the top 10, just ten, huh? I always say he's gonna be in the top 10, but is just ten. If he could go to the top 10, I go out, so, I don't know (laughing).

Q. What did you learn from Moya growing up?

RAFAEL NADAL: No, he is my friend, so I have a good relationship with him. I know him. I was practicing with him since when I was 14, so I know him a lot, no?

Q. You haven't done so well in the past here in Cincinnati. This year you've won your first matches here. How does that feel? Do you feel a bit more comfortable playing here now or not?

RAFAEL NADAL: Well, the first year I lost here. I lost two unbelievable matches, no - first year against Chela 5-2 in the third, and last year against Berdych, three matchpoints down -- up. I lost the matchpoint.
So the first year I wasn't play my best tennis in the moments. I come back after one injury, important injury, for four months, and I am not feeling comfortable.

Last year I was playing very good in Montreal, and I arrive here and is a big change, no?

Q. So if you're able to do well here, what kind of confidence will you have going to the US Open this year as opposed to last year?

RAFAEL NADAL: Last year I was playing good. I was winning Montreal, so I was arriving to the US Open with good confidence. But maybe I had one mistake - I come back here, I play here, and after I come back to home, to Mallorca. So that's tough because is jetlag and jetlag another one time when I come back after seven, eight days.

So this year I change. I say, Well, I gonna be here for one month. So I don't come back to home, because when I come back to home sometimes is tough because I can't play at good level with some players. So if I am still here, I can play every day with a good player, so that's important for the arrive, no?

Olka

ATP MASTERS SERIES - CINCINNATI 2006
18.08.06
po przegranym meczu z Ferrero 7:6, 7:6

Q. You played Juan Carlos four times before today. You were successful. What happened today?

RAFAEL NADAL: Maybe he play his best match against me for sure, no? For sure I don't play my best match in my life, but I wasn't play very bad. He play good match. That's all. I am playing better this week. I am happy for that. I improve a lot than last week.
But today I have my chances, but he play good important moments. I play very bad especially the first tiebreak.

Q. The rain delay came at a very bad moment for you, didn't it, 4-5 down, second set? Did that increase the pressure?

RAFAEL NADAL: Yeah, sure, was bad moment because I was coming back better. I have one 15-40 in the last game. He had two unbelievable serves. But I have a very good chance there for won the second set, no?
So after that he play good. He play unbelievable the second tiebreak. Very, very good all points, no? I was play very bad the first tiebreak, but after I have my chances, and he play better than me in important moments, no, so.

Q. When you double-faulted in the first tiebreak twice, did you lose focus? What do you think happened?

RAFAEL NADAL: I don't know. If I was know, I wasn't be the double-fault, no?

So, you know, sometimes you miss the feeling in some important moments. Normally I don't have this problem, but today I had mistakes in important moments.

Q. So how are you feeling about how you're playing heading into the Open?

RAFAEL NADAL: I am improving. I improve a lot here from Toronto. That's important for sure. Now I am disappointed but because I am playing better and was a good opportunity for me for play a good tournament here.
So I play the quarterfinal. Is not very bad tournament. But, sure, my expectative is a little bit better, no? Okay, we will see in the Open, no? I was practicing a lot this week. I was working a lot this week. That's important. Good work, so I gonna continue. I have one week and two days more for practice and for put me at my hundred percent physical in tennis.

So I will try that, no? I have a lot of illusion in the US Open, so I gonna try.

Q. Do you have the feeling that on hard court everything seems to be possible, more possible than on clay, on grass; every game seems to be very tough?

RAFAEL NADAL: I don't know. Maybe, you know, maybe if I am playing my best tennis today I was winning, no? I have my chances.
But if you are not playing your best, the match always is very similar against any player. And if Juan Carlos is playing with very good confidence - he was No. 1, he was one of the best players in the world - and he is playing well this week - he won against James Blake, one of the best on this surface, he won against Soderling yesterday - so that is a good result. He is coming with confidence. This is a tough match for me and for everybody. I can lose, and I lose.

Q. In the first set you seemed - very unusual for you - tired. Was it the humidity? You didn't seem to have the energy.

RAFAEL NADAL: Yeah, yeah, I was tired some moments. The humidity was unbelievable today. Didn't know. Maybe one month out of competition, sometimes when a match come back tough, you feel tired, no?

But that's important for my preparation for the US Open, too. I play very tough match today, very tough match the first day, so that's important, too, for put me in my hundred percent, no? I gonna continue working very hard next week for arrive to the U.S. with my best.

I don't know. We will try.

asiunia91

Krotki filmik(niestety po francusku;(). Na koniec krotki wywiad z Rafą. Mówi on o swoich szansach w Us open:)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7i7vKkPLy0

Olka

US OPEN 2006
30.08.06
po wygranym meczu z Philippoussisem

RAFAEL NADAL: Hello. Sorry to have little bit problem in the stomach.

Q. You're not feeling well?

RAFAEL NADAL: Little bit... no, no. No, when I finish the match, I go to the locker and... no, no, no, not toilet, locker. I don't know what's happening.

Q. No fever?

RAFAEL NADAL: No, no, no. After 30 minutes, gonna stop. But sometimes I have that.

Q. Yesterday having to wait with the weather, did it feel good to finally get back out on the court and play after yesterday all day long waiting, waiting, waiting?

RAFAEL NADAL: Yeah, I feel good. I am happy for the with my match today. I play my best match for sure in the last three weeks. I play better today than Toronto, Cincinnati. That's sure.
I play very, very good match. I am very happy.

Q. Translating your game from clay to hard court, do you feel like you have to get even more aggressive than you have been in the tournaments leading up to the US Open?

RAFAEL NADAL: Yeah, I need play a little bit more aggressive. That's true, no?
So I was playing like this in Wimbledon. I was playing good tournaments in this surface. I need get a little bit confidence and play a little bit more aggressive, so that's it, no? I feel good today. I play very aggressive today, more than the last weeks. So very good.

Q. If you could go back to play against Juan Carlos again, would you be risky would you play a riskier type of game?

RAFAEL NADAL: You know, no. That's stupid to think about that, no? Because I feel the ball much better today than Cincinnati, no? That's the thing, no?
If I was the same, if I gonna play the same match in Cincinnati with my feelings in Cincinnati, maybe I was playing the game, I gonna play the same, no?
Here, maybe I gonna play different. That's sure.

Q. Were you a bit surprised at how much trouble he gave you, especially when he got his first serve in? Were you surprised how well Philippoussis served today?

RAFAEL NADAL: Yeah, yes. Philippoussis is a very big server, no? He serve unbelievable, especially the first serve. Sometimes three aces in one game, two aces. But I was beginning very, very good, no? I play unbelievable first game. That's important for the rest, for the confidence. I have one set.
And after, I play two points, I make two mistakes from Mark at 4 4 in the second. But, sure Mark was playing good. He was a very good forehand, too. I play very good match. If I was playing a bad match, I was losing, no, I think.

Q. When Mark first came on the tour, he was considered a very, very promising young player. He's had a lot of difficulties over the years. Do these things cross your mind when you're playing a guy? Do they affect your confidence level, the way you perceive him?

RAFAEL NADAL: I didn't understand.

Q. We'll move on. It's complicated.

BENITO PEREZ BARBADILLO: (Translating).
RAFAEL NADAL: No, I don't know. This is the first round of the US Open, so that's very important for me, no? I was thinking just about me, not the rival. So that's it, no?
Sure, to play against big servers is always tough, but I was practicing very well the last days, very touching the ball very, very good. I arrive to the match with a very good confidence, no?

Q. Can you talk a little bit about your opinions on Etienne's proposals for the changes in the game. It sounds like you're in favor of it. I wondered if you broke it down a little bit, whether you were worried about playing too many matches in a given week. If it's a Round Robin format, you may have to play

RAFAEL NADAL: The Round Robin, maybe is the best change.

Q. The best change?

RAFAEL NADAL: For me, yes. And for everybody maybe.

Q. Not worried about playing too much tennis in a given week.

RAFAEL NADAL: You know, now we have some problems always with the pull out of the tournaments. I want to say I'm sorry for every tournament director of the year I pull out, but sometimes is not my fault, too, no? I can't. Because I would love play every week and play every tournament, no?
With the Round Robin, you know, I gonna play three matches for sure. So you can your schedule, you can prepare your schedule better, no? But if you go to the tournament and you never know you gonna play one match, two matches, three matches, four, five. You can't say, I gonna play this tournament, this tournament, and this tournament.
But if you know approximately you gonna play three matches for sure, that's very good, no? And is good for the sponsors, for the television, for everybody, for the tournaments, too. Because the tournaments wants, for example, Federer but that's not the case because he always wins (laughing).
No, but I don't know, any very good player. If he arrive to the tournament and lose in first round, had a bad day, is very, very bad for the tournament, no? So is very, very important for more chance.

Q. You say three matches guaranteed, and that would work if there were a 32 draw with eight groups of four players each. But at the end, they were talking about a 48 draw with 16 groups of only three players. So you only play two matches, and it would be much more difficult if a top player lost to move on to the knockout phase.

RAFAEL NADAL: First of all, I don't understand exactly. Second, if you play two matches and you are best player, you have more chances than if you just play one. That's true or not; what do you think?
Because if you are the best, the best of all the players, normally you don't gonna lose 6 1, 6 1. You gonna lose 7 5, 6 3 or 6 3 in the third. And if you win the match, so with draw and part of draw, no? With the tie, you have more chances for go to the second round or quarterfinals.

Q. True. But if you lose your first match and win your second and you win one, lose one, everyone has to be 1 1 for you to get out. Does that make sense?

RAFAEL NADAL: You have better result, you go. You don't like?

Q. I like it, but not for 48.

RAFAEL NADAL: I prefer, too, the four players in a group. I prefer that, too. But you the first thing is maybe we can excuse a lot in English.

Q. How do you feel this time in New York compared to your other times here?

RAFAEL NADAL: So I was beginning better than the other years, that's for sure. I was beginning great. I am very happy, no? I was playing bad the last two tournaments, especially Toronto. Cincinnati, I improve a little bit, but not much.
I was practicing very, very good all the day the last week. I am happy for that. I say before the tournament I just want to play good this tournament, no? I don't know if the result is second round, third round, fourth round quarterfinal, final, but I want to play good so I have chance.

Q. Are you more comfortable in New York now?

RAFAEL NADAL: Yeah, I like a lot this place. I like this tournament. I like this city, and I want to play good here. That's one of my special goals of the year.

Q. You're almost hyperactive as a person. Isn't it difficult for you in New York to be in an apartment or hotel and closed in the way you are in New York City? How do you express your everyday energy?

RAFAEL NADAL: With the rain or what?

Q. In general.

RAFAEL NADAL: No, because I was practicing a lot this week. After, if I finish soon the practice I never finish soon but if I have time, I go out. I go to walk a little bit for the city.

Q. Much has changed in the four years that you've been here. It wasn't long ago that not many American tennis fans knew you or knew your game. Now any fan of tennis, of course, knows what your capabilities are. Do you feel it when you're out here? Talk about how different it is to come into the US Open second seed, No. 2 in the world, and the reception and energy you get from the crowds here.

RAFAEL NADAL: Yeah, I want to say thank very much everybody. I was here for one week. I enjoy a lot here. I saw the people knows me more this year than the last year, so is surprise for me, no? Because last year I was the No. 2, too, when I am here. But this year, the people knows me more, support me a lot, and that's very good, no?

Q. I read a story that you had been at the World Trade Center before 9/11 and that you have visited since the Ground Zero. Can you talk about that experience, and do you plan to go this time?

RAFAEL NADAL: Yes, I was two days ago, yeah.

Q. Two days ago. Can you talk about what you feel when you go there and your experience.

RAFAEL NADAL: Yeah, I feel little bit change, no?
BENITO PEREZ BARBADILLO: They built the station.
RAFAEL NADAL: Yeah, down is the station? Yeah, so the place is the same, no. I saw the photos. That's unbelievable photos there.
(Speaking in Spanish).
BENITO PEREZ BARBADILLO: The big hole is still there.
RAFAEL NADAL: (Speaking in Spanish). Strange sensation, no?

Q. Why do you go? What makes you go visit?

RAFAEL NADAL: I don't know, no? I always have a big remember when I was in the last floor of the tower. I was sit like this. You remember the benches in front of window. I was sitting like that. For half an hour. I remember exactly.
So when I saw that on TV I finish a match in Madrid. I remember exactly the day because I lost 12 matchpoints for my first point ATP. So I arrive to the locker room and I saw that on TV. It was a very shock for me, no? I was there just three or I don't exactly remember, three or five months before, no? I come back every year, and I always go there, no?

Olka

US OPEN 2006
31.08.06
po wygranym meczu z Horną

Q. When you lost the second set, was there a feeling of a big upset?

RAFAEL NADAL: No, first of all, is the second match. I lost the set, no? I lost one set. I was the match under control maybe in the 6 4, 3 1. But now I play a little bit more defensive, so that's not good, no? Only I can play more easy.
So after that I change. I play a little bit more aggressive all the time, and the match was different, no?

Q. You were never worried?

RAFAEL NADAL: When I am to the locker room and before the match, I am worried. But the other one, too. The other one maybe is worried about the lose, no, or win? You never know what's happening.

Q. Is it sometimes helpful to have a difficult match early in a tournament?

RAFAEL NADAL: Can you repeat, please?

Q. Sure. Is it a good thing to have a difficult match early in a tournament?

RAFAEL NADAL: Yeah, I understand.
You never know, no? Sometimes you have a tough match in the second day or the first day, and after you play very good tournament. Sometimes you have a tough match in the second or first day and you lost the next one.
I prefer to have a tough one, because you feel the pressure sensations, the difficult moments. So that's important for the next matches, no? So I prefer have a tough one, no? If I am playing good (smiling).

Q. In the third set at 5 4 you were on the verge of being broken. The linesperson calls out, he challenges, you replay the point. It seemed a pivotal part of the match. From your perspective, how did you see that changing the course of the match, that play?

RAFAEL NADAL: That ball?

Q. At 5 4, yeah.

RAFAEL NADAL: Yeah, but the match is continuing playing this point, no? Is not winner for him; he change. He put the ball still in play, so you know, no? So after I miss the first serve and he play the point with second serve.
No, no, the match was he was playing a very good game. A lot of winners with the forehand. I defend good, no? Important I stay with calm. In that moment I was with calm, with good mentality, and I can win that game. That game was very important, decisive.

Q. Not only has your record improved, but it seems that you've become quite a trendsetter among young tennis players. How do you feel about so many people paying so much attention to your style?

RAFAEL NADAL: Yeah, so that's nice, no? That's nice for me, no?
I always have I always stop for sign autographs, for say hello to the people. And if I lose and if I win, I always stop for long time for sign autographs, no?

Q. You said yesterday you have a special goal of doing well at this tournament. What result would be a success for you? Will it be

RAFAEL NADAL: I say that, too. I say I want to play good. I want to play good, but not any result. I say if I am playing good and I lost third round, gonna be good. If I lost in fourth round, I am playing good. Good.
Sure, I want to play the more matches that's possible, no?
So sure, I would love play the final here. But if I will play the final, maybe you need play your best.

asiunia91

Ogladaliscie ta konferencje po meczu 1 rundy?

Troche bk z Rafci byla:P Ale zal mi go bylo jak lezal na stole bo go brzuszek bolal. I caly czas sobie mysle co by bylo jakby on byl w WTC 11 wrzesnia<brrr>

Olka

US OPEN 2006
4.09.06
po wygranym meczu z Novakiem

Q. I would like to know about your ankle. During the match, you had a problem.

RAFAEL NADAL: Yeah, I had a little bit problem after the first set, 2 1 of the second. I don't feel nothing, no? I don't turn off the ankle, nothing. But is beginning the pain, so, you know, I little bit scared, afraid.
But after, I can play. I was with pain, but I can play, so that's important. I can finish the match and now I have 48 hours for improve, no?

Q. Did it hurt the last match, no?

RAFAEL NADAL: Yesterday I turn off a little bit the foot, but nothing, no? After, I play, and I don't feel pain, I don't feel nothing.

Q. If you were to make the semifinals, one of your opponents would be Lleyton Hewitt. Could I ask you, whether you think he's still one of the top guys? Do you think he's one of the top guys still?

RAFAEL NADAL: Who?

Q. Hewitt.

RAFAEL NADAL: Is one of the top?

Q. Top players, one of the top players to beat.

RAFAEL NADAL: Hewitt was two times in the No. 1 in the world. Sure, he's one of the best players in the world, top players.

Q. Can you talk a little about the point in the tiebreak, the one that leveled it at 3. You seemed to enjoy winning that point, celebrated with that double fist pump.

RAFAEL NADAL: Yeah, was very important point, no? Because after, if I was losing 4 2, I have chance. But is more difficult than with 3 All, I change the part. I change. The wind is in my favor. 3 3 and the wind in my favor, I have big chances for win the tiebreak. So if I was losing 4 2, you never know, no? So was very, very important point.

Q. I would like to know why you put your water very you put this one in a place, this other. Is it something that is

RAFAEL NADAL: I don't know, no? I do that sometimes. So, no, is not I don't know if is superstition or not, but is part of the I don't know.

Q. Routine?

RAFAEL NADAL: Yeah, I don't know. I always do the same, so...

Q. This year you're going to make the Tennis Masters Cup. It will be your first time going to the Tennis Masters Cup?

RAFAEL NADAL: I hope (smiling).

Q. Is that exciting? Looking forward to it? How special is that?

RAFAEL NADAL: Yeah, gonna be important for me be for second time consecutive in the Masters Cup. So that's very good new, because I am one of the eight best players in the world. That's very nice, no?
Now I am focus in US Open, but I hope this year I can play in Shanghai, no?

Q. What makes that event special?

RAFAEL NADAL: Huh?

Q. What makes that event special? What makes the Tennis Masters Cup special for a player?

RAFAEL NADAL: Yeah, Tennis Masters Cup is special tournament. You play with Round Robin, so that's very nice. After, you play with the top players in the world. So with the eight best players in the year, no? So always is a special sensation.

Q. Safin said he thought the HawkEye machine might not have been that successful over the past week. I was wondering what you thought, if you thought it was right.

RAFAEL NADAL: I don't know. I don't know.

Q. Have you enjoyed using it?

RAFAEL NADAL: It's funny, Marat sometimes (smiling).

Q. Is the HawkEye system what do you think of the instant replay?

RAFAEL NADAL: I don't know, no? The statistics is 90% on, 90% okay, no? So if the statistics is that, the numbers is the numbers, no?

Q. Can you talk about your performance here so far? This is your best result at a US Open. Obviously, there's a long way to go, but you've beaten your previous performances here.
RAFAEL NADAL: Yes, well, I play I am playing a good tournament, no? Is important for me play good here, too. Was tough, the last years playing bad here, especially the last year. I come back here. I have I was for one month here in America. I was not playing my best in Toronto and Cincinnati, that's sure.
But I have the special preparation for here, no? Is the that preparation, play Toronto, Cincinnati and be here, not come back to home the same like last year, no?
So I try my hundred percent always in every tournament. I was not playing my best there, but, you know, I was playing seven matches, so that's important for the performance here.
I am happy. I am playing my best tennis here since last month, that's for sure. But I'm not playing the tournament of my life, but I am not playing bad. I am playing good. I am in quarterfinal. So if I am quarterfinals in one Grand Slam, sure, I am not playing bad, no? I am playing good.

Q. You beat Federer on hard court in Dubai. Is that about the same kind of court we have here?

RAFAEL NADAL: Yeah, similar.

Q. It is similar?

RAFAEL NADAL: Yeah.

Q. Same stuff, okay.

RAFAEL NADAL: Yeah.

Q. Anything you like to do in New York special? You like New York? Too big for you?

RAFAEL NADAL: When is not raining (smiling)...
Yeah, I go out a little bit. Not much because I play so I play yesterday, I play today. But today in the afternoon maybe I go out, no?

Q. Like to shop or go to the theater?

RAFAEL NADAL: I don't know. I go to walk and if I find anything nice, I can shop, no?

Q. What about Youzhny? You beat him last three times?

RAFAEL NADAL: Last three times? I play three times? I play in Australia, in Rome last year.

Q. Two time on hard court.

RAFAEL NADAL: Australia, Roma, Doha... I don't remember the other one.
So, yes, is a good score, no? Youzhny is playing good. I don't know what's happening in the match, Youzhny and Robredo. Youzhny was winning very easy, but I don't know nothing. So is very strange. Youzhny is winning very good matches again. Ferrer, against Robredo. Very good wins because Robredo and Ferrer is very tough players. He was playing very well. So we will see. But I will have a very difficult match.

Q. You've tried very hard this year to have good results on grass, on hard courts. I wanted to ask you, in view of that, what do you think of Agassi's achievement of having won each of the Grand Slams once?

RAFAEL NADAL: (Speaking in Spanish.)
Yeah, I don't know, no. Winning in all surface is always very difficult. That's it. Agassi was a special player, unbelievable player. He can do. I don't know.

asiunia91

3majmy kciuki zeby Rafie nic nie bylo i mogl zagrac na 100%!!! Wesoly

Olka

Asiunia alez my zawsze trzymamy kciuki za Rafę i naprawdę nie trzeba nam mówić żebyśmy to robiły Mr. Green

asiunia91

Oj tak tak wiem
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