17-time grand slam champi­on confir­ms he had made change­s to his serve ahead of the year's first majorMELBOURNE: Rafael Nadal revealed Saturday he was back to full fitness and has a brand new serve to unleash at the Australian Open. The 17-time Grand Slam champion missed most of the next three months and cut short his season to have surgery on a troublesome foot injury. He pulled out of a Brisbane warm-up event with a slight thigh strain but declared Saturday his troubles were behind him. If I am not feeling good, I will not be here,” Nadal told reporters two days before the start of the first Grand Slam of the year. “There are always things to improve,” said the Spaniard, who faces Australian wildcard James Duckworth in the first round.

Source: The Express Tribune January 12, 2019 10:30 UTC