Rafael Nadal is confident he has two more years in him at least at the top of men's tennis. The Spaniard bids to become the most successful male player of all time. He can overtake Roger Federer and move on to 21 Grand Slams if he wins the upcoming French Open. The 'King of Clay', an 86-time tour titlist, told the Metro of his future: "I mean, I don’t think that's... you can't predict what's going on in the future. Of course, I will not be playing until the age of 45, no? I am always trying to do things as best as possible to play as long as possible. "As everybody knows, of course it’s going to arrive one day that you cannot keep going. For the moment, I'm happy what I'm doing. I'm enjoying it and I hope to have the chance to keep around the tournaments for the next couple of years." Nadal insists he is different to rival Novak Djokovic in that he does not obsess over records. The Spaniard would still relish the opportunity to win more Slams than any other male player ever. "I enjoy what I am doing. I am happy playing tennis," the Spaniard continued. "Of course, I want to win more Slams, yes. No doubt about that. But I never get – I mean, Novak is more obsessed about this, more focused... Not in a negative way. No, he's more focused on just these things and it means a lot to him all of this stuff. "Like he's always saying and talking about these records and well done for him... but it's not my approach to my tennis career. I have a healthy ambition. Of course, I am ambitious, if not I would never be in the position I am today but I have probably a different kind of ambition than him, for example. "I just keep going, keep doing what I'm doing and just try to put myself in a position to keep enjoying the tour and, of course, try to achieve as much as possible. I am super satisfied about the career I'm having. Not today, I was super satisfied years ago already but I am not making a step back in motivation because of that. "I don't get frustrated if I am losing one tournament, I am trying to approach the thing in a different way. I know some of the numbers are completely crazy and I could never dream at all about these numbers. At the same time, I never had a lot of time to think about numbers. "Hopefully at the end of my career, when I stop doing what I am doing, I'm going to have the time to analyse more these things. Today, I'm just focused to try and keep going. Tennis, it goes quick. We have a lot of tournaments throughout the year and, for example, during this clay-court season I'm playing in Monte Carlo, Barcelona and then probably Madrid and Rome and then Roland Garros. "So it's not plenty of time to enjoy success or to think about, 'I have this. I have won this'. I know I had a lot of success in this part of the season but in the past. This year is another year. The only thing that I'm doing is try to play and practise every day with the right attitude and try to put myself in a position again to be very competitive in the beginning."
Source: Express/ *Join us on Telegram!/ Follow us on Twitter!