'I need to fix things' - Rafael Nadal casts doubt on future after Frances Tiafoe fourth-round loss at US Open

Rafael Nadal has suggested he could take some time away from tennis following his shock US Open fourth-round loss to Frances Tiafoe. Nadal was bidding to win a record-extending 23rd Grand Slam title in New York but lost in a thrilling contest against the 22nd seeded American. Ad Ahead of the US Open he had only played one competitive match since withdrawing from the Wimbledon semi-finals with an abdominal issue.

US Open'He has a perfect game' — Wilander, Corretja laud 'unbelievable' Tiafoe24 MINUTES AGO Nadal is also expecting his first child with wife Mery Perello later this year. “I need to fix things, life, then I don't know when I'm going to come back,” said Nadal after the loss to Tiafoe. “I going to try to be ready mentally.

When I feel that I will be ready to compete again, I will be there. Nadal stunned by Tiafoe in US Open fourth round Henin 'grateful' for Serena Williams rivalry “Of course, this was not the ideal preparation for me. But in other cases it went the right way, even with not the perfect preparation, no? We can't find excuses.

We need to be enough [of a] critic with myself. That's the only way to improve or that's the only way that I understand you are able to find solutions. “I have been practising well the week before, honestly.

But then when the competition start, my level went down. That's the true. For some reason, I don't know, mental issues in terms of a lot of things happened the last couple of months.

Maybe...but doesn't matter. “At the end the only thing that happened is we went to the fourth round of the US Open and I faced a player that was better than me. And that's why I am having a plane back home.” Nadal, who is scheduled to play the Laver Cup alongside Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic