Despite not having won the elusive season-ending ATP World Tour Finals title, world number one Rafael Nadal said that it’s still a fantastic season for him which saw him winning a total of 10 titles including two Grand Slam titles and five ATP Masters 1000 titles.
“It is very special what happened this year,” said Nadal. “The emotions of this season after a tough year for all of us have been fantastic.
“The only thing that I can say is congratulate my opponent and at the same time congratulate my team because all the achievements, all the success that I had this year, without my family, all my team, it was impossible to have; all the special feelings, the special moments,” he added.
Nadal was aiming for his first title at the season-ending event but lost to defending champion Novak Djokovic in a stellar Monday’s final. Nadal reached the final in 2010 but lost to Roger Federer.
“We are in a special moment of the history of tennis,” Nadal said. “I won’t say that it is a better moment than others, but it is special for this fact. The only thing I am sure of is I’m going to try to keep working hard and hopefully I will be healthy to keep competing the way that I am doing.
“Yes, I think it is amazing playing 39 times [against Djokovic]. What’s happening the last five, six years, four years, is just amazing that the same players have been competing for every tournament, every single important tournament of the year. So that’s something that didn’t happen very often in the history of our sport.”
