[Sport] Rafa Nadal: "I have lost an important chance to be in the final and I am sad"

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Rafael Nadal was sad after losing in the semifinals of the Mastes Cup against Daniil Medvedev. For the Balearic, 34 years and five months old, the option of winning the only major tournament missing from his record was slipping away again.

Sensations "I have lost an important opportunity to be in the final and to win this tournament and I am sad in a hard day. But that's the way the sport is, you take advantage of some opportunities and lose others."

Fatigue. "I don't think it was that. At the beginning of the game, he was being better than me and I managed to save my serves with problems. At 5-4 of the second set, Daniil played a good game and I a bad one. He won the game and I wish him the best. As always life goes on and I am grateful to have played the last Masters of my career in London. "

Australia. "We do not know what the situation will be. We have to wait for the decision of the Victorian Government. We, as ATP, are nobody to say what is best for their country. We have to be patient and accept that the situation with the Coronavirus is complicated for everyone. Hopefully we can play the more tournaments the better to be able to help the players who have a lower ranking. Hopefully when the vaccine comes out everything will get closer to the normality we had before. "

Serve 5-4 in the second set for the match. "I think I have won enough in my career not to excuse myself in the pressure. I have won tournaments and titles in even more difficult situations and in more important matches. Everybody gets nervous when winning. the differences. I have been close to playing another final here, but I was not good enough when I had to close the game. He is one of the best in the world and then the game was complicated a lot.

Goals for 2021. "My goal is always to give myself the opportunity to be competitive to try and win the tournaments that I play. I will work hard in the preseason to be ready at the start."

Preseason. "I have my route clear, rest a few days and start training. My route is to try to be at the best of my possibilities on January 15th. Then Australia will be played or something else will be played. I have to make an effort this month and a half that He is coming and working hard to be a better player if possible for what is to come. I have to be clear about the objectives of my game. I have to work to shore up a series of things that are going to be needed. I have the greatest hope of starting another year. Hopefully that the vaccines that are being said these last days are effective ".