By Abigail Hinto
SHANGHAI, China -Â Visibly disappointed and calling his return of serve “terrible,” World No. 2 Rafael Nadal of Spain fell to Germany’s Florian Mayer at the Shanghai Rolex Masters on Thursday 7-6(5), 6-3.
Nadal told the media that he felt he was playing well, had a good “line” with his practice and playing since the US Open, and now it was “broken”.  Acknowledging Mayer’s good play, Nadal was very disappointed with his return of serve especially off the first serve.  Winning only four points off of Mayer’s first serve, was “terrible.”
Mayer gave credit to his improved results to his improved fitness “I just am maybe a little bit fitter mentally and physically. Maybe that’s 2% or 3% more. Yeah, it gives you a lot more on court.