made a lot of unforced errors during his Australian Open final loss to . The Spaniard believes this was caused by the Serbs high level of tennis, not his own nerves.
I make more mistakes because he pushed more, said Nadal. Thats all. Is not about being more nervous. I have been normal nerves, like final of Grand Slam. But the things started so quick (snapping fingers).
He was pushing me to every ball. What on other days have been a serve and a ball that I can have in offensive position, today have been in defensive position. Thats not nerves. Thats things that happened quicker than what happened the previous days.
I dont like to say he played unbelievable well because looks like you find an excuse for yourself. The real thing is he played so well. He did a lot of things very difficult unbelievable well. He hit so long. His return was fantastic.
He was super quick. I really believe that he was able to work very hard on the off-season on his movement. He was moving unbelievable well. I felt that good shots came back with the offensive position for me, after not a bad shot from me, I have been in the defensive position.
In my opinion, is all about have the chance to increase that step of intensity. As I said before, probably I was not able to make that happen tonight. But I have the confidence that I did a lot of things well this tournament.
I have the confidence that I will reach this extra level of intensity in the future if I am able to practice well. But answering what you say, I was not nerves, not more nerves than usual, no. Thats all. ALSO READ: Rafael Nadal: Worse players than David Ferrer won a Grand Slam title
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