PHOTOS/VIDEO: Rafael Nadal Media Day at Abierto Mexicano 2018 in Acapulco

“I do not think or feel like a favorite to win the tournament, I do not have that inner pressure, I come to play, I have trained three hours daily. I’ll try my best, sometimes things go right or wrong and one must go prepared to accept both things, but at this point there is no pressure, but the personal demand to do things well, “ he said.

“In general I have good memories, the 2013 had a special value more than any other because they were many months without being able to compete, so I arrived with many physical problems, but winning that tournament was a starting point is in my heart and was very important in my career in general”.

“We try to overcome adversity, if the body responds I am happy that at 31 years of age it is good and competitive enough,” he said.

“Neither he nor I fight for the number one, I never think if now he is number one, we have found ourselves once again because the results have been very good, but the important thing is to play and be at the level,” he said.

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