Rafael Nadal admits he was “in trouble” during US Open final

Rafael Nadal admitted he feared he had blown his chance of a 19th Grand Slam title when Daniil Medvedev mounted his astonishing comeback in their epic US Open final. Nadal dug as deep as he has probably ever had to to secure a dramatic 7-5 6-3 5-7 4-6 6-4 victory in four hours and 50 minutes to move to within one major title of Roger Federer's record tally of 20. "Did I think I might lose? Of course, when you have break point against in the beginning of the fifth, losing the last two sets, you are in trouble," he said. "But I really try to avoid this thought. I always believe that I going to keep having chances. That's the way that I approach. "It's different in his position after two sets to love and break for me, it's human that he had that feeling. But I always was in front of the score until the end. Is difficult for me to think I am going to lose. "Of course, I was in trouble. But I played a not very good game at the 3-2 of that third set. At that moment things looked under control, but then Daniil increased a lot and changed a lot of things."

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