Nadal, the 21-time grand slam winner, has one win from last six games and faces Britain’s world No 40 Draper in round one of the Australian Open
Coming off an injury-dogged 2022, Nadal takes on Englishman Jack Draper in the opening round on Monday, with the world No 40 one of the rising stars of the game.Daniil Medvedev
“It’s true that I have been losing more than usual,” Nadal told reporters on Saturday. “I think I am humble enough to accept that situation and just work with what I have today. I need to build again all this momentum, I need to build again this confidence with myself with victories. “The rest of the parts of my game that I have been working with, I am quite happy and I feel ready in terms of try to play very good tennis on Monday.”
Despite having a newborn he said he’d practised more in the past three weeks than he had in past 10 years and was starting to see the fruits of his work.
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