Player Blog: Rafael Nadal @ the Sony Ericsson Open.

SUNDAY, APRIL 6

Hi everyone,
Well, this is my last blog for tennis.com from Miami and I have to say that I have enjoyed it. I did, believe me. I think it also brought me some luck and I enjoyed it much.I am writing this blog from my hotel room on Sunday. I am much better now than right after the final. I have to admit I wasn't too happy with myself today and with the performance on court. Nikolay deserved to win, he played much, much better than me today and he is the winner. No excuses. I simply didn't feel well at all. I never found my strokes, my game, my backhand, my nothing! This is why I am upset. Very upset with myself. But now it is over. Nothing I can do. I will learn again from this match and hopefully I will win a title soon again. I hope that in Monte Carlo. I need a title. I have played well, very well in the hard court season from the beginning of the year. I am happy with that. Final in Chennai, semis in Australia and Indian Wells and final here in Miami is very good. It is the best I have ever done on a swing in hard courts, so I am happy for that. I know I can play well here. I knew it already and I proved it again. It is true that I would have loved to win a tournament again. But it is nt easy. I always say it.Anyway, Miami is almost over. I mean almost since now I am going for dinner with my team. We are going back to the Argentinean restaurant we have been going many times this week. It is called Novecento and we had a great time there always. Yesterday they were also very kind to prepare a room for us where we had lunch and watched on TV the Mallorca vs Real Madrid soccer match. My two teams playing against each other. They have prepared a nice dinner a bit of party for tonight there. I won't party too much since I lost and since I have to go tomorrow to Bremen and get ready for the Davis Cup.Anyway it has been a pleasure writing to you. I understand this is more a place where US people read. So I am very happy for that. As I said during press conferences, I feel great here since people treat me here very good. Specially here in Miami with so many speaking Spanish. That makes it easier for me :-) You know my English is not that good so...Take care all and thanks for all the support you've given me.
Rafa