I meant this years AO vs Djokovic when he was written off and 'done' etc.
Only the uneducated people took that AO Final seriously
Rafa said he couldn't train properly during the AO because his ankle surgery prevented him from practicing defense, and you need to play defense when you play Djokovic.
You can't just go for winners when you play Djokovic, you have to construct the point and then attack when you have Djokovic on the run.
Rafa had no way of playing defense during the AO.....
That is why Rafa attacked so ferociously during the AO, he was incapable of playing defense-
"I think I was playing great during the both weeks in offensive positions. In defensive positions, I practiced what I practiced. I practiced well, very well I think, but because of the things that happened to me in terms of surgery, then what happened in Abu Dhabi, I was not able to work that much the defensive game. I worked a lot on the offensive game, but not that much on the defensive game.
To play against a player like him, playing the way he played tonight, I needed that defensive game to finally have the chance to be offensive, no?"
https://ausopen.com/articles/interviews/rafael-nadal-f-interview