Rafa Nadal has been the best player of 2017 after Roger Federer. The Spanish legend has been stopped on 3 occasions from the Swiss, but he is aware that he is playing very well and he is ready to go big.

Why Rafa thinks he can win important titles. NADAL

Soon after he lost the Miami final against Federer, Rafa explained why he feels confident he will win something big

“For me, it was a much closer result than the result says and completely different than last week,” Nadal added. “I have been playing well during the whole event. It was a positive tournament for me obviously. A lot points, a lot of confidence for the most important part of the season for me that’s just in two weeks.

I’m playing enough well to fight for everything I think. I have good hopes that I going to be ready for Monte-Carlo. Always when I am playing that well, on clay it helps a little bit more for me. I need to work hard to be ready for that. If I am ready for that, I think I am very excited about playing on clay again.

I think about resting a little bit, having fun a little bit in Mallorca and I’ll be happy to be back home after one-and-a-half months. Then I will start working hard on clay. That’s my goal now. My goal is to feel ready to play on clay again and I know if I have good preparation and have a healthy transition to the clay and find my rhythm on clay, I can be one of those candidates.”