Federer's 2017 Australian Open win was more surprising than 2018 – Corretja
In an interview to the Spanish media, the former world No. 2 commented on and s chances to win the Australian Open title. The Swiss and the Spaniard last faced off in Melbourne in 2017 with Federer prevailing in an epic five-set match.
It was almost more than he won it two years ago (2017) when he was coming from a six-month break, without competing, caused by an injury and it had been a while that he had not won a Grand Slam, but last year he was already among the favourites because he had done a very good season, said Corretja.
On Nadal, he added: The pity is that after what happened in the US Open, that he could not end, he was not able to find a rhythm to be back competing and now after four months, non-major injuries come, they are muscle issues that are affecting.
You go to Brisbane and you are training and pain, that when you are playing, comes up. Its an adaption thing. For the match rhythm, Rafa does not worry me because he already showed that he is able to win difficult matches over the first week in a Grand Slam.
Now let him have some good luck in recovering well after the first days, and that he is ready for the following match. Corretja finally commented on the womens draw. Caroline Wozniacki is the defending champion.
The womens tour gives a little more options. We will see if Naomi Osaka gets established, she is the world number fifth after winning in New York. She seems to be a difficult player to win. We will see how Halep and Kerber are doing too.
It seems that this year Elina Svitolina is very excited and she added experience. However, she is very young and you need to give time to her. Serena will be there too and Garbine, when she is at the peak, we know what she is capable of: winning a Grand Slam.
You have to trust her and think that she will not be consistent over 30 weeks a year, but she will over the eight or ten weeks where she can win any tournament and this is a very big advantage. ALSO READ: Rafael Nadal: Worse players than David Ferrer won a Grand Slam title
