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Rafael Nadal I never thought to be the best Winning means getting better everyday

Tennis - The Spaniard speaks also about his first round match won against Groth: ´The most important thing that I had to do today I did well was the return´ ..

24 May 2016

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Very easy first round match for Rafael Nadal at the Roland Garros. The Spaniard beat Sam Groth 6-1 6-1 6-1 in 82 minutes, and He is pretty satisfied with his performance.

'It's obvious that was a good start for me - affirmed Nadal -The most important thing that I had to do today I did well was the return, and then I was playing with not many mistakes. I think it's obvious that the opponent plays better in faster surfaces. But in general I think I played a solid match.'
How far is the "La Decima" title for Roland Garros? Rafa does not prefer to focus about it: 'No one say for this. Thank you for the congratulations, but now, no, for sure it's not the moment to talk about these things.'

We saw that the crowd reacted positively on your great shots. 'It's nothing new - said Nadal - It's great to play here in France and at Roland Garros. I feel always the support of the crowd here. It's true that is a great feeling, no? Because is the most important place in my career, so to feel the support of the people here is something very special for me. So just can say thank you very much to them for that.'

Then interviewed by Yellow Ball Corner Website, Nadal has spoken about how much he was open to speak about his anxiety issues in 2015. He is very humble in all his press conference, stays always with the feet on the ground, and maybe he says more obvious declarations than Djokovic or Federer, despite he won 14 Grand Slam titles: 'Everybody has his own personality - said Rafa -  nobody is the same. I have my character: some things help, some probably not. The most important thing is to win, but for me winning doesn't always mean getting the trophy: it means getting better every day. Winning against yourself, that's the sport. And sometimes it's even better than winning trophies.'

He never thought he was the best. According to him, this is something that is normal. 'It’s not a question of confidence, it’s a question of not being arrogant. And it’s a question of respecting everybody. After the career that I am having, we cannot say that my character has been an issue... It’s just that I always work a lot to improve, because I have the motivation for it, not because I’m not confident with myself. I think I’ve been confident when competing. And it’s when I’ve been in this confident state, that’s when I had a very positive run of victories in a row. You can’t win the things that I’ve won if you don’t have confidence in yourself.'