Rafael Nadal ruminates about whether or not he took enough time off after Miami to recover from his knee injury and be properly prepared for the clay-court season.
"The problem is in this sport normally you don't have time," he told reporters in Monte Carlo. "But if happens when you have one month, and you can practice one week and a half, two weeks before a tournament, is not a problem. Two weeks are enough to practice good physical performance, practice hard on court, then the competition. You always need the competition to arrive to the top, no? But in this case I had very short period of time and start one of the most important part of the season for me, so I know that I have to be ready. I try to go faster than usual on the recover when you have the problem on the knee to try to be competitive here, and that's what I tried. .. The knee is still there, but is not without impediments to run at every ball."