Toni Nadal is definitely a great coach and a formidable sportsman.

Rafa’s uncle and coach was very straight to say that they were just lucky as Rafa was able to win only because Nishikori was hurt to his back. Toni was probably right as the Japanese did overwhelm Rafa till the injury came through (Kei was leading 6-2 4-2 with Nadal unable to find any suitable response).

Toni: We had a lot of luck today

Toni did not see any real comeback from Rafa during the match to comment “We don’t deserve the victory, Nishikori deserves it, he played better than us the whole time. We had a lot of luck today. We didn’t really come back, he was hurt.

After the early breaks Nadal got tense and his opponent played at a great level,” 

Is something cracking in Nadal’s confidence?