Australian Open final one of Rafael Nadal's 'hardest moments' in tennis

By Linda Pearce
Updated January 4 2015 - 10:33am, first published December 19 2014 - 1:51pm

Rafael Nadal admits that the last time he set foot on an Australian tennis court was one of the most difficult: last January, when a back injury, misdiagnosed as gamesmanship by a cynical crowd, soured the 14-time major winner's dramatic Australian Open final loss to Stan Wawrinka.

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