uncle, , believes that the best is yet to come at the Australian Open for the 32-year-old. Nadal will face Frances Tiafoe in the quarter-finals on Tuesday, trying to reach the semifinals in Melbourne.
Nadal was coming off from a knee and foot injuries heading into the Grand Slam. Once the first half of the tournament got completed, I believe that the doubts got away, again, in a pretty quick way, Toni wrote.
After a first match where he clearly had a lack of rhythm and against an opponent who went for all the shots, the big improvements in the following rounds made him deliver a brilliant tennis, that cannot almost be improved, especially over the first two sets against Tomas Berdych.
I felt that the Czech had no chance to hurt Rafael and that winning any point was turning complicated to him. He was pretty fast, powerful and taking control of the baseline, both with the forehand and backhand, trying to hurt with every shot.
This is the thing that I think stands out the most about his tennis, getting closer to the perfection. In this tournament we saw him serving clearly better. Its not that his speed increased, since his fastest first serve in Sundays match was at 185km/h and the second at 154km/h.
I think the key difference is that his ball does not lost too much speed as he has a clearer movement with the arm. It allows him to be more aggressive, and starting the points more comfortably. And most of all, it makes him tired less on serve.
I see him among one of the favorites to play the final on Sunday. I hope I am not wrong. ALSO READ: Rafael Nadal: Worse players than David Ferrer won a Grand Slam title
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