Spain's "King of Clay" Nadal, who has been auctioned since November last year, was recently invited to participate in the podcast "Served" by former American football king Andy Roddick, revealing that the second best court in his playing days is actually the fastest grass court.
Spain's "King of Clay" Nadal
"Because I win a lot of tournaments on clay, people always think I'm an expert on clay." Nadal told Roddick that while he is comfortable on clay, he prefers to play on fast courts: "I've won several US Open titles in my career, but my second best court is grass. "Among the 22 Grand Slam titles of the Spanish king, in addition to the French Open on clay, a record 14 crowns; On hard courts, he has won two Australian Open titles and four US Open titles.
Although Nadal played at the Wimbledon Championships at 15 degrees and only won the Gold Cup twice in 2008 and 2010, he explained that he was affected by a knee injury in the middle of the tournament, and he could not play fast on the grass because of his knee injury, "I couldn't support it, it was difficult to stop and slow down, and from 2012 to 2016, my knee was no longer able to play on grass. But then both knees recovered well and they started playing well on grass again. ”
The 38-year-old Nadal said that if he was healthy, he would have had a better chance of playing on grass than on hard courts: "To be honest, I prefer to play Djokovic on grass rather than on hard courts. ”