Rafael Nadal after winning 4th US Open title: "This trophy means everything to me today”

Nadal got closer again to Roger Federer by winning his 19th Grand Slam title, now just one trophy separates these two. After a difficult final match, which lasted nearly 5 hours, he talked about his feelings.

“In some way that's good [to] see all the things I went through. Being able to still be here is so special for me,” Nadal said. “I went through some tough moments, physically especially. When you have physical issues, then mentally things became much more difficult.

“The emotions were there watching all the success, all the moments... I tried to hold the emotion, but at some moments it was impossible. I’m just very happy. This trophy means everything to me today.”

Rafa also spoke about his right-knee injury that forced him to withdraw from last year's US Open against Juan Martin Del Potro.

“I needed to adapt my game to my problems and to my goals,” Nadal said. “When you lose things, you need to add another things to keep being competitive.”

“You can't predict what's going to happen in this life,” Nadal said. “You need to be prepared to accept everything.”

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