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Rafael Nadal’s full interview after the US Open R1 Win

Rafael Nadal's full interview after the US Open R1 Win
Rafael Nadal's full interview after the US Open R1 Win

Rafael Nadal feels happy to come back to the US Open 2022

The Spanish tennis legend Rafael Nadal wins his opening round at the US Open after defeating the  Australian wild card Rinky Hijikata on Tuesday night, with a score of 4-6, 6-2, 6-3, 6-3.

After this win, Rafael Nadal now is 20-0 wins in Grand Slam in 2022 since He won the Australian Open and Roland Garros and the pull-out of Wimbledon due to the abs Injury.

Rafael Nadal made his return to New York after 1087 days since his last appearance at flashing Meadows. Rafa has expressed that He feels happy because He could make a comeback to the Arthur Ashe Stadium.

Rafael Nadal’s full interview after the US Open R1 Win

Rafael Nadal’s full interview after the US Open R1 Win

“It’s been a long wait, For some time, I thought maybe I wouldn’t be able to come back. But here I am. I’m super happy. The night sessions here in New York are the best without a doubt.”

“It’s about being humble enough to accept the process, to build on the positive things day after day in the practices,”

“I think I started not that bad the first couple of games, but then I had some opportunities that I was not able to make it,” Nadal said. “I think I didn’t play a good game with my serve. Then he had the break. Then I was a little bit nervous. The first match here in New York after three years, a night session, it’s always exciting. Yeah, I went through this tough moment.”

“It’s always the same story: things are not perfect when you are not competing very often when you come back from injury. You need to be humble enough to go through this process and accept that you need to fight and you need to accept that you going to suffer. That’s what I did today,” Nadal said. “I am able to play again in two days, and I hope to play better.” Rafael Nadal says

Rafael Nadal's full interview after the US Open R1 Win
Rafael Nadal’s full interview after the US Open R1 Win

That was Rafael Nadal’s full interview after the US Open R1 Win and He will face Fabio Fognini in the second round of the US Open tomorrow