"I've done some things well and others not so well, but I can't not be happy." Rafael Nadal , the second head of the series, appeared before the microphones after his debut at the US Open (victory over the Australian Millman (6-3, 6-2, 6-2) and so how he felt on the track he had time to analyze the only setback, to call it that, with which it encountered this start.

It was in the ninth game . After several delays in the serve of both players because the public was late in sitting after the breaks, Nadal received a 'warning' for exceeding the 25 regulatory seconds in putting the ball into play. Visibly angry, he addressed the chair judge explaining that his delay was due to the public's bustle. The protests did not stop there and, when the game ended, it was even more vehement.

He lowered his tone, however, in the press room. It downplayed the mishap. "I was standing on the line waiting for people to turn down the volume," Nadal explained. "I think she was wrong and that's it, you don't have to turn it over . " He admitted the world number 2 that tennis players are not "accustomed to playing with such a loud noise level. But every year is the same. We adapt." Moreover, Nadal likes that environment in a certain way: "This is one of the special things that this tournament has and you don't have to make it a problem, but enjoy it . "

For the rest, and speaking only of tennis, Nadal was happy. "I am happy. (...) It was a good start," he said. He also described Millman as a "dangerous opponent", who last year eliminated Roger Federer in the fourth round, and said that before the Australian "you have to go out and play well because if the game is not complicated". "He is young. He has a powerful right and a powerful serve," he said of his opponent, in 60th place of the ATP .

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