PARIS: Defending champion Rafael Nadal says he may just not care less whether great rival Roger Federer is on the French Open or not and is solely focussed on winning an 11th title in Paris.
Federer, who took his main haul to 20 through winning this year's Australian Open, has opted to skip Roland Garros for the second one year operating to pay attention to preserving his Wimbledon title.
As Nadal met the media on Friday, he used to be requested whether winning last year or probably this year can be less of an achievement with the Swiss maestro absent.
"Exactly the same," Nadal, who shall be 32 all the way through the tournament, advised newshounds. "Being truthful. Exactly the same.
"I cannot say that the victory of Federer (in 2009) when I used to be injured or victory of Novak (Djokovic, in 2016) when I used to be injured is not that stunning. Would not be fair for my aspect.
"When I am winning and other avid gamers aren't playing for some explanation why, that's all. It's bad information for the tournament however not for myself if I win.
"For me, the victory manner precisely the same."
Sixteen-time grand slam winner Nadal has been in imperious form getting into the French Open, winning on clay in Monte Carlo, Barcelona and Rome.
In Madrid he celebrated the landmark of winning 50 consecutive sets on the red dust prior to his best blip got here in a quarter-final defeat through Austrian Dominic Thiem.
Djokovic gave Nadal a tussle in Rome last week within the semi-finals and Nadal said the Serb shall be a risk, regardless of a season through which he has suffered damage and deficient form.
"Novak is without doubt one of the perfect avid gamers of our history of this game," Nadal said.
"My resolution is he's not coming back; he's there at all times. Sometimes whilst you come back from injuries is hard to play that neatly from the start, however he performed an ideal event in Rome, and is certainly one of the applicants to win right here."
Federer, who took his main haul to 20 through winning this year's Australian Open, has opted to skip Roland Garros for the second one year operating to pay attention to preserving his Wimbledon title.
As Nadal met the media on Friday, he used to be requested whether winning last year or probably this year can be less of an achievement with the Swiss maestro absent.
"Exactly the same," Nadal, who shall be 32 all the way through the tournament, advised newshounds. "Being truthful. Exactly the same.
"I cannot say that the victory of Federer (in 2009) when I used to be injured or victory of Novak (Djokovic, in 2016) when I used to be injured is not that stunning. Would not be fair for my aspect.
"When I am winning and other avid gamers aren't playing for some explanation why, that's all. It's bad information for the tournament however not for myself if I win.
"For me, the victory manner precisely the same."
Sixteen-time grand slam winner Nadal has been in imperious form getting into the French Open, winning on clay in Monte Carlo, Barcelona and Rome.
In Madrid he celebrated the landmark of winning 50 consecutive sets on the red dust prior to his best blip got here in a quarter-final defeat through Austrian Dominic Thiem.
Djokovic gave Nadal a tussle in Rome last week within the semi-finals and Nadal said the Serb shall be a risk, regardless of a season through which he has suffered damage and deficient form.
"Novak is without doubt one of the perfect avid gamers of our history of this game," Nadal said.
"My resolution is he's not coming back; he's there at all times. Sometimes whilst you come back from injuries is hard to play that neatly from the start, however he performed an ideal event in Rome, and is certainly one of the applicants to win right here."
French Open title just as sweet even with Federer absent: Nadal
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