[新聞] Nadal calls for fewer hard courts, reduced season
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Nadal calls for fewer hard courts, reduced season
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP)—A day after winning his first Grand Slam on hard
courts, Rafael Nadal called on tennis officials to be mindful of the physical
toll the hard surface takes on players in an ever expanding schedule.
“This calendar I am playing with this surface—hard court surface—is tougher
than grass or clay for the body, and all the time we are playing more on this
surface,” said Nadal, who beat Roger Federer 7-5, 3-6, 7-6 (3), 3-6, 6-2 for
his first Australian Open title Sunday.
“In my humble opinion, we have to change that a bit more,” the Spaniard said.
“I can say that because I won a grand slam on hard (courts).”
Nadal, 22, has previously won four Grand Slams on the French Open clay courts,
as well as Wimbledon on grass last year.
“Before if I say that, a lot of people think `He wants to change because he's
a clay player.’ But believe me, I don’t think anything about if I am a clay
court player or not.
“When I say this, I think about the best for the players and for the future.
It's not possible to have a lot of injuries on tour like this. So we have to
try to change something.”
The Australian Open marked the first time Nadal reached the final of a major
on hard courts, having been knocked out in the semifinals of the Australian
and U.S. Opens last year.
Even this time, he had to struggle to make the last weekend at Melbourne.
He held off a fellow Spanish left-hander Fernando Verdasco in the semifinals
on Friday in 5 hours, 14 minutes—the longest match in the tournament's
history.
“To play with this aggression and with this rhythm all the time from the 1st
of January to 31st of December is impossible,” he said.
Nadal said he was worried the rigors of the present ATP Tour could hinder his
quality of life after his tennis.
“I love (soccer)—I can’t play (soccer) right now because I am playing
(tennis)—but I would love to play (soccer) with my friends later when I
finish,” said Nadal, whose uncle Miguel Angel Nadal played for Barcelona and
represented Spain.
“I would love to continue playing tennis and to do what I want,” he added.
“But if we continue to play this (many tournaments), later maybe it's going
to be tough to practice sports.”
Nadal, who now needs a U.S. Open title to complete a rare career Grand Slam,
on Monday blamed exhaustion for his semifinal loss to Andy Murray at Flushing
Meadows last year.
“Last year was tough at the U.S. Open,” he said. “I arrived playing well,
winning Olympics, winning Toronto, having semifinals in Cincinnati. So I was
playing a high level of tennis.
“But I felt during the tournament it was going to be almost impossible to win
the title because I feel too tired. Mentally and physically, I wasn't there.
The semifinals especially, against Murray, I really can’t move.”
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