

By Chris Oddo | Monday, August 17, 2015

Rafael Nadal hopes to bounce back from a tough loss in Montreal by working harder than ever in Cincinnati.



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Rafael Nadal arrives at the Western and Southern Open with a stinging loss to Kei Nishikori in recent memory, but the 29-year-old former champion is eager to continue his work and seeks to improve his form in his final U.S. Open tune-up.



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“I have been playing better than the beginning of the season in the last couple of months, I think, even if I lost a few matches that I am not happy with,” he told reporters in his pre-tournament press conference at Cincinnati. “I have been playing a little bit better, but every week is a different test and every week is a different story.”

