Nadal didn’t breeze through his title at Qatar Exxonmobil Open. Quite the opposite. He had to fight hard and looked rather flat at times. Still he showed his Nadal grit and managed to ride out the bumps in his game and emerge with the trophy. This should give him plenty of confidence for Australian Open and the question on most people’s minds when Nadal steps onto a hard court – how are his knees? –Â seems to net the answer: fine. This is how he described his victory in that typical matter-of-fact way of his: “Every victory is important and the …
