Rafael Nadal would not say whether he would play any part at the Davis Cup this week in what will be his final event in professional tennis before he retires.
• Covered two Olympics, a pair of Rugby World Cups and two British & Irish Lions tourswould not say whether he would play any part at the Davis Cup this week in what will be his final event in professional tennis before he retires.
"I try to work as hard as possible in the last month and a half. Just trying to do my best every single day. It's difficult to hold the level in a constant basis when you're not competing for a while. The improvement is there but we have a great team on Spain the thing is all these players on the tour are having great seasons and it's up to the captain to decide what's best for the team.
"I arrived this day, and I am in peace that I give all what I had, and I played and I practiced since I was seven years old but in that age, I started to work more and more with passion, with love, and with the determination to be as good as possible. "So at the end is about a feeling that I have been thinking for a long time. For me, today don't make sense or to keep going knowing that I don't have the real chance to be competitive the way that I like to be competitive, because my body is not able to give me the possibility to do that very often."
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