Spot on Elizabeth. How many times does Nadal lose and proceed to say things like "i lost today not because of myself but the other player...but if my knee didn't hurt, you know maybe...."; or how he says he doesn't want to talk about a possible injury being why he lost and comes out talking about the possible injury and how he doesnt want to talk about it and keeps on talking about it. It's gold. He rarely gets pinned for this. Too many people buy into the persona his PR reps have him play up to. If h e were so gracious to accept good with bad he should not be complaining when he is called out for cheating, taking too much time, and having millimetres-only line calls against him.

Nadal is the king of excuses

"I'm not interested in ticking all the boxes"... Yeah right! Roger, you only say that because you know you cannot catch Novak in both the number and spectrum of ATP 1000 events that he has won.

I bet if he loses. Here comes the excuses, maybe he's still recovering maybe he's injured blahh blah blah.

You can do it Roger!! Let's go!!