LONDON: Rafael Nadal is optimistic he will be 100 per cent fit for the ATP Finals as he bids to seal the year-end world number one ranking for the fifth time in his career.
"I'm happy to be here because after last Saturday in Paris I didn't know if I would have the chance to be here. "I started yesterday, very slow," Nadal, who won this year's French and US Opens to move to 19 Grand Slam titles, one behind Roger Federer's record, said."I have been serving very well in Bercy, I had good matches, so I am confident that I can be very competitive but of course it's a tournament that you will face the top guys from the beginning so you need to be 100 per cent ready.
His most recent appearance was in 2017 when he played only one of his group matches, limping to defeat against David Goffin. He has twice made the final since the tournament moved to London, in 2010 when he lost to Federer and in 2013 when he was beaten by Djokovic.