“I couldn't rest. My heart rate was much higher than usual, without playing any long runs. That is to say, during the break, I felt that I was breathing fast and it did not allow me to think clearly, nor to act logically on what my usual standards are. It was a consequence of doing things too badly for a good game time.
A very complicated, not to say catastrophic, start to the match against Fabio Fognini in the second round of the US Open , Rafael Nadal panicked a bit.
He confided in his anxiety at a press conference, reported precisely by the Spanish media AS .
NADAL: “I couldn't rest. My heart rate was much higher than usual, without playing any long runs. That is to say, during the break, I felt that I was breathing fast and it did not allow me to think clearly, nor to act logically on what my usual standards are. It was a consequence of doing things too badly for a good game time. Many things can explain this.
We have had a difficult few months because of things that we have tried to manage as best we can.
I am to still be alive and to be able to give myself a chance. These are things that happen in life, injuries or other things, and in the end they are sometimes difficult to deal with.
I am happy, I still have hope and confidence. The only way to advance is to win the matches, that's what I did.
I hope I will fight well and give myself chances. Even if things are not going very well, I don't give up on my chances because in sport you never know, things change very quickly.
What I have to do is what I have always done: be ready”.
The Majorcan will face an old acquaintance for a place in the round of 16: a certain Richard Gasquet, who defeated Miomir Kecmanovic in four sets.
