R. NADAL /R. Gasquet 6-7, 6-4, 6-3 An interview with: RAFAEL NADAL THE MODERATOR: Questions in English , please. Q. You looked very happy to win that match. Was it because you see Gasquet a big rival for the future? RAFAEL NADAL: No, I am happy because is my second final consecutive. And with this win, my ranking if I lost tomorrow is 12. That is very important for me. But he's playing unbelievable. He won two tournaments in last weeks. Here he qualify and won Federer , Davydenko , Mantilla , a lot of matches, tough matches. He is playing good. I am happy for this victory and for the final, not for the rival in the future. I think in the tour there is lot of players who are lot of very good players, not only Gasquet and me. Q. What did you do well? How did you come back from losing the first set? RAFAEL NADAL: Yes, it's tough for me because I have 5-4, serve, 6-5 and serve. I'm a little bit nervous. He play very, very tough. And after he have 2-Love in the second set. But he miss some balls and I come back, no, and won the second set. Is very important, because in the third set I think he is little bit tired and I am with a lot of confidence for the match. Q. Do you think that yourself and Gasquet will have a big rivalry, especially on the clay courts in the future? RAFAEL NADAL: I don't know. I think Coria , Moya , Ferrero , Gaudio , all players play very, very, very good, not only Gasquet and me. He is playing good, I am playing good, but everything can change, no? I am happy for this moment. He is playing very well, but you know in the tour there is a lot of players, a lot of very good players. Q. This time you are not injured, because the last two times you were injured playing Gasquet ? RAFAEL NADAL: I don't know. I wait after two hours if I have any problem (smiling). But, yeah, I am happy because my first match when I play against Gasquet I don't have injury.(XDXD) Q. Your matches up until today have been pretty short matches, whereas Gasquet , that's his third three-set match in a row. Do you think tiredness did come into it in the third set? RAFAEL NADAL: Yeah, I think he is a little bit tired in the third set, but he changed his style for play... (he was getting tired because he was hitting the ball so strongly, it made him tired.) And he have lot of confidence. The ball all the time is inside, no, and that is not easy for me because the points only two balls, and I prefer play the large points, no? Q. When Gasquet was not playing well, did you never ask around your friends, what about Gasquet , where he is playing? He's almost disappear for two years. RAFAEL NADAL: Yeah, sometimes I ask for Gasquet , but, you know, the tennis is that, no. He's playing good now. He have confidence. I think he go up in the ranking, no. I think he finish the ranking in the Top 30, I think, no? And the last years I think he have a lot of pression for the French . And now he have Monfils and change the pression, you know. I think he's better -- that is better for him, no? Q. Coria said that Gasquet has the best backhand on the circuit. What do you think? RAFAEL NADAL: Coria say that? Q. Yes. RAFAEL NADAL: You know, now he is playing very, very well. He have a lot of confidence with the shots, no. But Ferrero have very, very, very good backhand. Gaudio have very good backhand. Maybe is one of best backhands in the tour, but, you know, lot of players have good backhand. Q. He said you are the best on clay for sure. RAFAEL NADAL: Who? Q. Coria said you are the best on clay. RAFAEL NADAL: I am the best? So I won the final, no (laughing)? Q. He said he is not going to play because you are the best so he is leaving already (smiling).(XDXD) RAFAEL NADAL: No, I am not, not the best on clay (smiling). He play last year, he won last year here. He lost in the final in Hamburg . He play the final in French Open , you know. He is the best or one of the best, no. Ferrero is very, very good player. Gaudio is very, very good player. Moya , too. It's my first tournament Masters Series , and I am playing good. I hope improve for any day. Q. How do you see the final tomorrow? RAFAEL NADAL: Yeah, is difficult, no. Is very difficult match. He is a tough player. I hope I will play the same level like Miami . I think if I play very good match, I have chance, huh? But only if I play good match. Q. You have to play your best game definitely? RAFAEL NADAL: Yeah, I think I have play very good, very good tennis for won, and I will try to. Q. The biggest surprise of this tournament do you think was that Gasquet beat Federer , or the score of your match with Gaudio ? RAFAEL NADAL: I don't know. Against Gaudio is very strange, no, 6-3, 6-0? Q. Yes. RAFAEL NADAL: He's one of the best players in clay. But Gasquet won Federer , I don't know. I think is a lot of strange of my match. Because Federer -- because my match, 6-3, 6-0. Because Gasquet , he is playing well and, Federer , is the first tournament in clay. He can lost, no? I think Gasquet is very good potential, you know. And Federer , Federer can lose the first tournament on clay. Q. So your score was a bigger surprise? RAFAEL NADAL: I think. 納豆的訪問很好玩XD 記者有時候會跟他開開小玩笑XD 看來他跟Gasquet的確會偷偷注意對方XD 而且記者幹麼試圖挑撥納豆跟Gasquet的感情啊XDXD -- Soulmates never die --

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