The 28-year-old Spaniard insisted he was not match fit in the wake of a right wrist injury and appendix surgery that sidelined him for much of the last half of 2014.
Courier tried to get Nadal to quantify how he feels, asking him on a scale of 0 to 100 percent how does he feel physically? Courier, who won four Grand Slams before retiring, waited as Nadal gave a long response that didn't answer the questions. He pressed him again.
''I want a number,'' Courier said.
The crowd laughed, and Nadal did, too.
''I was never very good at mathematics,'' Nadal said.
Courier tried to get Nadal to quantify how he feels, asking him on a scale of 0 to 100 percent how does he feel physically? Courier, who won four Grand Slams before retiring, waited as Nadal gave a long response that didn't answer the questions. He pressed him again.
''I want a number,'' Courier said.
The crowd laughed, and Nadal did, too.
''I was never very good at mathematics,'' Nadal said.
RSS Feed