Rafael Nadal says he may call an early halt to his season and hit the practice courts instead as he bids to halt a slide in his form and results in time for next season. The 30-year-old, a 14-time Grand Slam champion, bore a worried look after he was soundly beaten 6-3, 7-6 (7/3) by Viktor Troicki in his first match at the Shanghai Masters.It extended a difficult run for the Spanish left-hander who hasnt reached a final since he won his second title of the year in Barcelona in April. I dont know whats going to happen in the next couple of weeks. Its something that I need to think about, said the world number five on Wednesday. Murray continues Shanghai form Andy Murray defeats Steve Johnson at Shanghai Masters I cannot say now what Im going to do during the next month. Im not sure about my calendar. Im not sure about the things that I need to do to try to be 100 percent ready for next year.The last events of the season include the Swiss Indoors, the Paris Masters and the ATP World Tour Finals in London. But Nadal said more tournaments may not be what he needs.Sometimes keeping (on) competing is not the solution. Sometimes the solution is to practice and stop and have a process of training. And maybe thats an opportunity to do it, he said. Nadal leaves the court after losing to Lucas Pouille of France during the US Open Im not sure about that. Maybe Im going to play in Basel in two weeks. So its not the day and not the moment to analyse all these kind of things.Nadals first ever defeat to Troicki, ranked 31st, came less than a week after his dispiriting straight-sets loss to Grigor Dimitrov in the China Open quarter-finals.Signs are growing of a steady decline for the one-time clay court king, who won his first Slam title aged 17 but hasnt added to his tally of majors since the 2014 French Open.Nadal said he badly needed to work on his once-formidable forehand, and the speed of movement which made him a brick wall for so many opponents. Watch NOW TV Watch Sky Sports for just ?￡6.99. No contract. Every time that I hit the forehand, I need to create pain for the opponent, something that is not happening today, he said.Maybe because I had an injury on the wrist and I am scared. Maybe because I still have some limitation in there. But at the end of the day, nobody cares about that and I dont care about that. 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