Alex Corretja expects Rafael Nadal to be inspired to more Grand Slam success by Australian Open win

Alex Corretja believes Rafael Nadal’s stunning Australian Open success will have given him “unbelievable motivation” to win more Grand Slam titles. Nadal beat Daniil Medvedev in a thrilling final in Melbourne to win his 21st major, moving him one ahead of Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic in the all-time standings. Ad/> This was arguably the most improbable major victory of his career given he missed the last five months of 2021 with a foot problem and then tested positive for Covid-19 at the start of the year.

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“I have no doubt that for Rafa this is unbelievable motivation for the present and for the future,” two-time French Open finalist Corretja told Eurosport. Thiem out of Cordoba Open after injury setback Del Potro set to make long-awaited return “For Rafa to win the Australian Open, it should give him some fresh air to go into Roland Garros and make a good schedule to get there the best he can. “He doesn't need to play 10 more tournaments before Roland Garros.

He only needs to choose exactly where he wants to be and how he's going get to Roland Garros in the perfect condition to win another major. “I think if he is in good shape it's going to be super difficult to beat him, but there are still many months to go and we need to go day by day, step by step, because tennis has shown us that everything can change in one point.” Nadal has lost in four previous Australian Open finals and also blew a two-set lead to lose to Stefanos Tsitsipas in the quarter-finals in 2021. But he came through a tough five-setter against Denis Shapovalov in the quarter-finals this