Spanish tennis star Rafael Nadal has said that he is confident he will return to winning ways following a patchy run of form due to injury.
The 29-year-old, who has won 14 Grand Slams in his career so far, managed to move into the second round of the US Open with a four-set victory over 18-year-old Borna Coric on Monday.
"I had a great week of practice before the tournament start, no?" The Guardian quotes Nadal as saying. "I practised at a very high level of tennis during the previous weeks, no?
"That gives me calm. That gives me confidence. I know if I'm able to keep having those feelings, I don't know here or I don't know in the next tournaments, but I will have the success again. I will have the feeling that I can compete against everybody with good conditions."
Nadal could face world number one Novak Djokovic in the quarter-finals at Flushing Meadows.
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Danielle Joynson
Danielle Joynson
