Rafa's leaving Mallorca motivated & without any physical issue. He won't return to Mallorca till after the Australian Open. <br />He's heading to AD as motivated as always. He's practiced well & quite hard for last month & a half & thinks he's ready to start the season. <br />Rafa already knows that he'll play in Brisbane on Tuesday & thus things will be a bit tight there depending on how is his run in Abu Dhabi. <br />(he'll only have one day to get adapted to Brisbane if he wins the 1st match in AD), but every match he adds in AD+Brisbane will be welcome. <br />Talking about the AO Rafa says it's the major where it's more difficult to know what will happen as, unlike RG or USO where you have time & many matches to build your form & know where you are, you just know how you've practiced, not your true form & thus you need a bit of luck to be able to compete in a few matches before the AO. He hopes that will be the case. The goal in Australia is to make a good tournament, advancing as far as possible & feeling he's ready to compete against everybody. That's what he hopes, then we'll have to see what happens. <br />Finally, Rafa wishes everybody a happy 2017 and, what's most important, he hopes 2017 is a year full of health & well being for everybody. <br /> <br />Translated by Genny SS / @genny_ss
