PARIS — This season left Rafael Nadal so frustrated that he even considered skipping the ATP finals.
Not that he thought he would not qualify for the season-ending tournament after a dismal year that saw him drop to 10th in the rankings last June, but the Spaniard felt so uncomfortable on the court that he was convinced making the trip to London would not be worth it.
"It was not physical, it was mental," Nadal said Tuesday at the Paris Masters. "If I was not enjoying on court and not feeling competitive, so it would probably not make sense to play on the toughest surface for me.