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Nadal in Queen's Club

London - World number one Rafael Nadal will attempt to repeat last year's grass court double at Queen's and Wimbledon after announcing on Thursday he would play at Queen's Club in June.

Nadal, who has won the French Open, Wimbledon, the Olympic gold medal and the Australian Open over the past 12 months, joins Britain's Andy Murray in signing up early to play at Queen's which starts on June 8.

The Spaniard said in an interview on www.aegonchampionships.com he was looking forward to it.

"It is nice to come back to a place where you are the last champion," he said. "To arrive as the last champion is going to be a really nice experience."

Nadal won last year's title against Novak Djokovic 7-6 7-5 and then went on to triumph in an epic Wimbledon final, beating Roger Federer in a match former champion John McEnroe described as the greatest ever played.

He also became the first player to win the French Open, Queen's and Wimbledon in the same year and says he still cannot believe he was able to leave the clay courts of Roland Garros with the trophy, arrive the following day in London, and switch surfaces so successfully.

"It was amazing," Nadal said. "It was totally unexpected for me to win after winning in Roland Garros. I arrived and all I had was one day to adapt to grass. But I played really, really good tennis. I played relaxed, without pressure and I played really well."

Nadal then went on to beat Federer 6-4 6-4 6-7 6-7 9-7 in the longest Wimbledon final and says he recently watched a recording of it for the first time.

"I remember I had a lot of nerves the night before the match," he said.

"And then, during the match there were a lot of emotions. In the beginning, I had the match (under control) and I had match points. But he came back very good in the third and fourth sets and had the break point in the fifth set at 4-3.

"He had his chance there. I saw the match on TV for the first time last week. It was really amazing."

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