Nadal: 'I can't play aggressive when I don't serve like Roger Federer'
Rafael Nadal believes that the extent of how much he can deliver aggressive tennis depends on his game level. The 32-year-old was particularly offensive against Stefanos Tsitsipas and in the press conference he said: 'I was aggressive because I am playing well, no? It's nothing new that I am aggressive The problem with myself is because I had a lot of success on clay people probably think I am not aggressive. I really believe that people think that is completely wrong. That's the real thing, no? Of course, I am not doing serve and volley. I am not hitting winners every ball. But I play all the shots with a goal. There is no better way to be aggressive than hit every shot with the goal to create damage on the opponent. That was my goal during all the career. Today I can do that damage little bit earlier than before because during this event I have been serving great. So when you serve great, then the first ball normally is a little bit easier. That's probably the only reason. I had the determination to make that happen. That's all.'
Nadal went further into detail by mentioning Roger Federer: 'I can't play like Roger when I don't have the serve of Roger. You know, Roger have a lot of free points, have a lot of times that he starts with the serve, then he has a not-very-difficult forehand. Was not my case during all my career because I never had that serve. But today I'm serving better. That's why I'm able to create more winners on the first ball. That's the only reason. For the rest of the things, I always tried to be aggressive. I have my mentality. You can't go against the way you understand the sport. I can't play trying to hit winners every ball if I don't understand the sport that way. You can't deal with the pressure. The mental part has to go in front of the game. That's what I did during all my career.'
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