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Rafa's jacket for the 2020 AO:

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Nice.
:)
 
Fognini beat Rafa at the US Open (after Rafa won the first 2 sets) when Rafa was wearing black :)
 
Looking ahead to the schedule for January, I am slightly worried about burn-out.
Due to the Davis Cup, and early start of Abu Dhabi, he didn't have much of an off season break. It was only 4 weeks, while he normally gets a 6 week break.

Now he has 1 and a half weeks off before the ATP Cup. Here he is guaranteed to play 3 singles matches in group stage. Then if Spain qualify they reach the QF, so 3 more possible matches. What will annoy me is if like in Davis Cup he is forced to play doubles too, to save Spain. Hopefully Agut is good enough to avoid that for the group stage atleast.

After ATP Cup, which will be a 10 day event, there's 1 week break and AO starts. The funny thing is normally Nadal heads into the AO undercooked, but it may be the opposite this time. Hope he can stay healthy throughout 8-B
 
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Amritia said:
Looking ahead to the schedule for January, I am slightly worried about burn-out.
Due to the Davis Cup, and early start of Abu Dhabi, he didn't have much of an off season break. It was only 4 weeks, while he normally gets a 6 week break.

Now he has 1 and a half weeks off before the ATP Cup. Here he is guaranteed to play 3 singles matches in group stage. Then if Spain qualify they reach the QF, so 3 more possible matches. What will annoy me is if like in Davis Cup he is forced to play doubles too, to save Spain. Hopefully Agut is good enough to avoid that for the group stage atleast.

After ATP Cup, which will be a 10 day event, there's 1 week break and AO starts. The funny thing is normally Nadal heads into the AO undercooked, but it may be the opposite this time. Hope he can stay healthy throughout 8-B
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Yeah sounds like too much tbh
 
Some Statistics

ATP Staff, Dec.23, 2019:

¤¤ Best Of The Decade: Records & Achievements

ATPTour.com looks back at notable records and achievements of the 2010s

Another captivating decade of tennis has come and gone. And perhaps fittingly, the three players who began the decade in the top three spots of the ATP Rankings — Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer — finish the 2010s in the top three places.

Continuing our Best of the Decade series, ATPTour.com looks at some of the biggest records and achievements from the past 10 years.

Rafael Nadal:

- The Spaniard was the only player to finish inside the Top 10 of the year-end ATP Rankings all 10 years this decade.
- In 2010, the lefty completed the 'Clay Slam', winning all three ATP Masters 1000 events (Monte-Carlo, Rome, Madrid) on clay and triumphing at Roland Garros in the same year.
- Nadal became the only player to win five or more Grand Slams after turning 30, winning 13 this decade.
- He won 34 clay-court titles in the 2010s, more than any other player.
- Nadal became the oldest year-end No. 1 this season, doing so at 33.
- The Spaniard set the record for most consecutive Masters 1000 titles in 2013 when he captured four straight crowns at the elite level, triumphing in Madrid, Rome, Montreal and Cincinnati. ¤¤

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At Cincinnati in 2013, Rafa celebrates his fourth consecutive
ATP Masters 1000 title.

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ATP Tour | Best Of The Decade: Records & Achievements | Nadal, Djokovic, Federer Lead The Way | ATP Tour | Tennis

Learn about some of the records and achievements of the decade, led by Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer.
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Vamos Rafa!
 
Great interview about the 2019 Nadal season and much more:

To all of you, especially Nadal fans, Happy Holidays 2019:

Bon Nadal a tots
Merry Chritsmas to all
Feliz Navidad a todos
Feliz Natal a todos
Buon Natale a tutti
Alles Gute Natal an alle
Joyeux Natal à tous
Фелиз Навидад тодос
Happy Χριστούγεννα σε όλους

:):love:(y)
 
Rafa talks about his much loved Real Madrid here but I've only quoted his answer to the (dumb) question that's often asked of him.
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Rafa Nadal: I'm hooked on Real Madrid again

Rafa Nadal has never hidden his love for Real Madrid, but this season his admiration for Los Blancos has returned after a difficult season in...
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Do you agree with the football comparison that Federer would be Messi in football and you would be Cristiano?

No comparison is possible. They are two completely different sports and Messi's characteristics are not those of Federer nor are those of Cristiano like mine. Each one is as he is.
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Nadal: Winning 20 Grand Slam titles is a dream
How does it feel to see the Rafa Nadal Academy grow?
We've been going non-stop for years and it's not just my close team but more than 300 workers. We're trying to give the best service possible to everyone that visits us so that they leave with a good memory.
What stands out is a museum of Spanish sporting history.
We're lucky that great athletes from past and present have lent us their historical objects to put on display, and this is the great satisfaction. It's not just a tennis museum or a museum about me. I always wanted to steer away from that. What I wanted was to make it for the whole world of sport. Evidently, because it's about my academy, I had to be central. But I think it encapsulates sport in general and that's why I wanted a little bit of everything.
Do you think there will be a Spanish youngster coming through than can win trophies alongside you soon?
Let's hope so, that's what we work for. But you have to be honest and not push people. We're a very young centre, we've only been going for three years. The results of academies are often seen as the years go by. A young, already developed player than come here and be successful to make the academy more well-known across the world. But the real success of a place like this has to be the foundation work. We need more time to see the results.
How does the support of your fans feel?
I'm lucky enough to receive so much love and support from so many people. Sometimes this is more important than winning. When I'm injured, people always ask me what I miss most about tennis: it's this feeling of going out on court, seeing the fans that want to see you, fans who want to support you wherever it is in the world. It's a difficult feeling to explain, but it gives me great personal satisfaction. It suggests that you've done well on and off court with good behaviour. The personal side is always more important than the professional side.
What is your philosophy?
You can always do a little bit more. I don't want to go away knowing that I didn't fight until the end. I think this is what keeps the balance. If I'm not all there, I'm sure that I won't succeed. If I'm there, even though I'm playing badly, I can succeed. Why not? I put videos of me on the Internet, I see positive, exciting moments and you realise that you've done it before. I never want to have the feeling that I gave up.
Nicolas Almagro made a phrase about you famous during the 2008 French Open: "This guy will still be winning here at 65 years old." Do you think your opponents see you as unbeatable on the clay at Paris?
I don't think they see me as unbeatable because I've lost before. No one is unbeatable, and let's hope this continues. It's like that. Being unbeatable isn't a human trait. Human beings aren't perfect and invincibility is perfection. Everyone is beatable and I consider myself normal and ordinary despite having done special things on a tennis court. In the best moments of my career, my opponents will have thought it was difficult to beat me at Roland Garros in the same way that I look at playing against Federer and [Novak] Djokovic, who are very difficult for me to beat.
How do you manage your tennis career with your personal life?
Your personal life is much more important than your sporting one and your personal life, god willing, is much longer than your sporting one. It's more important to be a person than a sportsperson. I'm not scared of praise or criticism because I've experienced them both naturally. When I've had brilliant moments, I'm always shy away from praise out of shyness or personal health. I'm not a very euphoric or dramatic person. I try to be well-rounded to have control over my emotions. When I'm playing badly, I don't get too down and when I'm playing well, I don't think I'm all that. The bad times don't last and when things go well, I always say: 'Don't think you're a champion because you're going to come down sooner rather than later.' It's better to be prepared for the good and bad times because they're going to come.
Some time ago, you and Federer were the president and vice-president of the Player Council. You left and now you've returned. Why?
The reason is because the situation had become a bit stuck. We had to help calm things down. There were things going on that weren't painting our sport in the right image. It was an image of conflict. The president left, we were talking to the press all day about situations that weren't about tournaments and results. It was more political. I spoke with Roger and we agreed that if we were there again, with our experience, we would be able to give a valid opinion of how we think we could do things better. We're happy at how we're working in the Player Council and let's hope we can help the circuit be a success.
If you equal or beat Federer's numbers, will you accept the title of being the best tennis player of all time?
It's not important to me, if only I'm given this title. I understand for you, the media, the journalists, you have to write about this. For me, it's already satisfying to form part of the history of our sport. I've been training and making an effort since I was eight. Being where I am at 33 is already an incredible achievement. We're in numbers that were unimaginable. People can already think who is the best and who isn't. For me, it's a great honour to be in this group.

www.marca.com

Nadal: Winning 20 Grand Slam titles is a dream

Rafa Nadal has admitted that equalling Roger Federer's Grand Slam tally of 20 would be a dream for him.The Spaniard is currently on 19 Grand...
www.marca.com www.marca.com
 
More interviews. Guess he's getting them all over and done with so they'll leave him alone to enjoy his first Christmas with his new wife. :)

en.as.com

Nadal: "I thought that by now I’d be retired and starting a family"

The world number one spoke exclusively to AS about his season, his recent marriage, and how he was told his style would lead to a short career in tennis.
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Nadal: "I thought that by now I’d be retired and starting a family"
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From the outside looking in, you had a sensational 2019. How would you describe it?
It was an emotional season in every respect and in different phases. I went through many things, some of them incredibly positive and others that were genuinely tough. Luckily, there was a moment when I hit a great run of form and I managed to keep it going. But I can’t forgot what happened in the month before then. I had a good year in 2018 in terms of tennis but very difficult on the physical level. I only had good results at seven tournaments. I ended the year as number two and never really reached the level I expected. At the beginning of 2019 I had a quadriceps injury that meant I had to miss Brisbane. These are little issues that you forget about after a while but at the time you’re struggling internally. I went to Melbourne with doubts in my mind but I played fairly well except in the final. I felt good, but then in Acapulco I felt a problem in my wrist and I was only able to train for a day before the tournament started, which was another blow. I lost against Kyrgios, I competed but didn’t win. The treatment I went through worked well but then at Indian Wells I couldn’t play in the semi-finals because of a knee problem. That was the most difficult part of the season because I’d had a lot of injury problems over the past few years
.
What was the most satisfying moment of the season for you?
The decision to keep trying, to force myself every day to be able to play. Accepting the bad things, the times when I was playing badly, when things aren’t going your way and remaining positive. It was tough work mentally, above all because of the weight of the objectives I’d set out for myself. In terms of tennis, I was able to adapt to the circumstances and with the help of my team I changed a few things. I started playing much more aggressively. I took an important step forward with my serve during the year, but particularly towards the end of the season. We were set on the idea of playing with more aggression and trying to shift my style of play towards something different.

Was your second serve the biggest improvement?
I think the first serve was as well, but it’s true that if your second serve is working well then it gives you more confidence when you’re hitting your first serve. The decisive thing was changing my service action. In the past I’ve had pretty good numbers on my second serve, especially when I was playing a lot more on clay, but I’d never got as much speed on my second serve as in 2019 and I started to feel that the next shot wouldn’t have to be a defensive one but an offensive one. The serve helped me a lot this season. I rarely lost a service game in Paris, London or at the Davis Cup.

Speaking of the Davis Cup, you won eght games in six days in Madrid. Had you ever done anything like that before?
I don’t know, maybe one year in Monte Carlo, when I won in the singles and also in the doubles with Tommy Robredo.
Something about Nadal that is not widely known is that he has an almost photographic memory. That year was 2008 and he won 10 matches in seven days.

Where does your ability to remember everything so clearly come from?
I don’t really know. I’ve always had a good memory. For example, when I’m playing golf and there are four of us, I remember every shot played by the four of us and where it went. When you do things that are important to you, when you throw yourself into it and live that moment, you tend to pay more attention. Earlier in my career I remembered everything. I never forgot how a single point played out… these days I forget one or two. It’s useful to have a good memory in sport because it helps you to react when you find yourself in a situation you’ve been in before.

A few days ago you really went for it in an exhibition game against Tsitsipas. Is that your own competitive spirit or a result of coaching?
I have been training all my life. I took the game as though it was a tournament game and I do the same with every game I play in. Tsitsipas left it all out there on the court as well and he was furious at the end. [The Mubadala World Tennis Championship] is the non-official tournament we all take most seriously because it’s so close to the start of the season and it’s a good test of where you’re at. For me it was basically a competitive game.

You’ve never lost to Tsitsipas. Is patience something that comes with experience?
Everybody is different but when I was young my uncle Toni and the rest of my team would never let me smash a racket or show an attitude that was out of place on court. From when I was a kid I was taught that. And when I got older I didn’t allow myself to do it either.

Do you think that 2020 is the year Tsitsipas and the rest of the NextGen players will challenge you, Djokovic and Federer? There’s a buzz around them. And what sets you three apart?
It’s normal that there’s a buzz around them and it will get louder because we’re getting older every day and they’re getting better every day. Every year they’re improving. I think that they can win the biggest tournaments, like Medvedev, Tsitsipas and Thiem did this year. I think that Shapovalov is going to make a big step up this year and Sinner’s trajectory is incredible. They’re here to stay. We’re still around but the cycle of life is brutal and at some point that’s going to change, and sooner rather than later. There’s obviously some reason we have 20, 19 and 16 Grand Slams between us. We’ve been able to find a way to remain competitive and to keep being successful.

What’s the best decision you’ve ever made in your career?
Staying here in Manacor. That’s one of the most satisfying decisions I ever made. When I was young, I had the opportunity to go the High Performance Centre in Sant Cugat [Barcelona] to train, with everything paid for, but I stayed here and even though it meant my family had to make big financial sacrifices staying here to train with my uncle and to grow up surrounded by my family and friends helped me a lot. When I became a professional, it was suggested to me that I might go and live somewhere else because it would have been very beneficial in terms of money. But I decided I’d prefer to stay here and I’ve paid 50 percent tax on everything I’ve earned from tennis in what could have been a short career. I would have made lot more money if I’d lived abroad but I would have been unhappy. At the end of the day it could have cost me more personally to leave. I don’t know if at that time I would have been mentally prepared to leave and ready to train and learn somewhere else. In Spain athletes pay a high rate of tax and a lot of what we earn comes from overseas (with a higher tax rate) but I have never regretted my decision because it also helped me professionally.

You recently got married and said your life hadn’t changed at all…
At the moment, no [smiles]…

Have you thought about having kids and starting a family?
It hasn’t got anything to do with getting married, it’s to do with age, which you can’t do anything about. To be honest, at this stage of my life I didn’t think I’d still be playing tennis. I was told because of my style I wouldn’t have a very long career. I believed what I was told, so I thought that by now I’d be retired and starting a family. The thing is that I’ve always thought it’s best to have kids when you have a more stable way of life than I’ve had during my playing years. But time is moving on and anything can happen.
 
I like the wide range of questions asked in that interview, and fascinatingly detailed answers :)
 
vernonbc said:
Rafa talks about his much loved Real Madrid here but I've only quoted his answer to the (dumb) question that's often asked of him.

What is your philosophy?
You can always do a little bit more. I don't want to go away knowing that I didn't fight until the end. I think this is what keeps the balance. If I'm not all there, I'm sure that I won't succeed. If I'm there, even though I'm playing badly, I can succeed. Why not? I put videos of me on the Internet, I see positive, exciting moments and you realise that you've done it before. I never want to have the feeling that I gave up.
Nicolas Almagro made a phrase about you famous during the 2008 French Open: "This guy will still be winning here at 65 years old." Do you think your opponents see you as unbeatable on the clay at Paris?
I don't think they see me as unbeatable because I've lost before. No one is unbeatable, and let's hope this continues. It's like that. Being unbeatable isn't a human trait. Human beings aren't perfect and invincibility is perfection. Everyone is beatable and I consider myself normal and ordinary despite having done special things on a tennis court. In the best moments of my career, my opponents will have thought it was difficult to beat me at Roland Garros in the same way that I look at playing against Federer and [Novak] Djokovic, who are very difficult for me to beat.
How do you manage your tennis career with your personal life?
Your personal life is much more important than your sporting one and your personal life, god willing, is much longer than your sporting one. It's more important to be a person than a sportsperson. I'm not scared of praise or criticism because I've experienced them both naturally. When I've had brilliant moments, I'm always shy away from praise out of shyness or personal health. I'm not a very euphoric or dramatic person. I try to be well-rounded to have control over my emotions. When I'm playing badly, I don't get too down and when I'm playing well, I don't think I'm all that. The bad times don't last and when things go well, I always say: 'Don't think you're a champion because you're going to come down sooner rather than later.' It's better to be prepared for the good and bad times because they're going to come.
Some time ago, you and Federer were the president and vice-president of the Player Council. You left and now you've returned. Why?
The reason is because the situation had become a bit stuck. We had to help calm things down. There were things going on that weren't painting our sport in the right image. It was an image of conflict. The president left, we were talking to the press all day about situations that weren't about tournaments and results. It was more political. I spoke with Roger and we agreed that if we were there again, with our experience, we would be able to give a valid opinion of how we think we could do things better. We're happy at how we're working in the Player Council and let's hope we can help the circuit be a success.
If you equal or beat Federer's numbers, will you accept the title of being the best tennis player of all time?
It's not important to me, if only I'm given this title. I understand for you, the media, the journalists, you have to write about this. For me, it's already satisfying to form part of the history of our sport. I've been training and making an effort since I was eight. Being where I am at 33 is already an incredible achievement. We're in numbers that were unimaginable. People can already think who is the best and who isn't. For me, it's a great honour to be in this group.

www.marca.com

Nadal: Winning 20 Grand Slam titles is a dream

Rafa Nadal has admitted that equalling Roger Federer's Grand Slam tally of 20 would be a dream for him.The Spaniard is currently on 19 Grand...
www.marca.com www.marca.com
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Nadal is so epic that he watches Nadal highlights 8-B
 
vernonbc said:
More interviews. Guess he's getting them all over and done with so they'll leave him alone to enjoy his first Christmas with his new wife. :)

en.as.com

Nadal: "I thought that by now I’d be retired and starting a family"

The world number one spoke exclusively to AS about his season, his recent marriage, and how he was told his style would lead to a short career in tennis.
en.as.com en.as.com

Nadal: "I thought that by now I’d be retired and starting a family"
1577133668_951210_1577135828_noticia_normal.jpg


From the outside looking in, you had a sensational 2019. How would you describe it?
It was an emotional season in every respect and in different phases. I went through many things, some of them incredibly positive and others that were genuinely tough. Luckily, there was a moment when I hit a great run of form and I managed to keep it going. But I can’t forgot what happened in the month before then. I had a good year in 2018 in terms of tennis but very difficult on the physical level. I only had good results at seven tournaments. I ended the year as number two and never really reached the level I expected. At the beginning of 2019 I had a quadriceps injury that meant I had to miss Brisbane. These are little issues that you forget about after a while but at the time you’re struggling internally. I went to Melbourne with doubts in my mind but I played fairly well except in the final. I felt good, but then in Acapulco I felt a problem in my wrist and I was only able to train for a day before the tournament started, which was another blow. I lost against Kyrgios, I competed but didn’t win. The treatment I went through worked well but then at Indian Wells I couldn’t play in the semi-finals because of a knee problem. That was the most difficult part of the season because I’d had a lot of injury problems over the past few years
.
What was the most satisfying moment of the season for you?
The decision to keep trying, to force myself every day to be able to play. Accepting the bad things, the times when I was playing badly, when things aren’t going your way and remaining positive. It was tough work mentally, above all because of the weight of the objectives I’d set out for myself. In terms of tennis, I was able to adapt to the circumstances and with the help of my team I changed a few things. I started playing much more aggressively. I took an important step forward with my serve during the year, but particularly towards the end of the season. We were set on the idea of playing with more aggression and trying to shift my style of play towards something different.

Was your second serve the biggest improvement?
I think the first serve was as well, but it’s true that if your second serve is working well then it gives you more confidence when you’re hitting your first serve. The decisive thing was changing my service action. In the past I’ve had pretty good numbers on my second serve, especially when I was playing a lot more on clay, but I’d never got as much speed on my second serve as in 2019 and I started to feel that the next shot wouldn’t have to be a defensive one but an offensive one. The serve helped me a lot this season. I rarely lost a service game in Paris, London or at the Davis Cup.

Speaking of the Davis Cup, you won eght games in six days in Madrid. Had you ever done anything like that before?
I don’t know, maybe one year in Monte Carlo, when I won in the singles and also in the doubles with Tommy Robredo.
Something about Nadal that is not widely known is that he has an almost photographic memory. That year was 2008 and he won 10 matches in seven days.

Where does your ability to remember everything so clearly come from?
I don’t really know. I’ve always had a good memory. For example, when I’m playing golf and there are four of us, I remember every shot played by the four of us and where it went. When you do things that are important to you, when you throw yourself into it and live that moment, you tend to pay more attention. Earlier in my career I remembered everything. I never forgot how a single point played out… these days I forget one or two. It’s useful to have a good memory in sport because it helps you to react when you find yourself in a situation you’ve been in before.

A few days ago you really went for it in an exhibition game against Tsitsipas. Is that your own competitive spirit or a result of coaching?
I have been training all my life. I took the game as though it was a tournament game and I do the same with every game I play in. Tsitsipas left it all out there on the court as well and he was furious at the end. [The Mubadala World Tennis Championship] is the non-official tournament we all take most seriously because it’s so close to the start of the season and it’s a good test of where you’re at. For me it was basically a competitive game.

You’ve never lost to Tsitsipas. Is patience something that comes with experience?
Everybody is different but when I was young my uncle Toni and the rest of my team would never let me smash a racket or show an attitude that was out of place on court. From when I was a kid I was taught that. And when I got older I didn’t allow myself to do it either.

Do you think that 2020 is the year Tsitsipas and the rest of the NextGen players will challenge you, Djokovic and Federer? There’s a buzz around them. And what sets you three apart?
It’s normal that there’s a buzz around them and it will get louder because we’re getting older every day and they’re getting better every day. Every year they’re improving. I think that they can win the biggest tournaments, like Medvedev, Tsitsipas and Thiem did this year. I think that Shapovalov is going to make a big step up this year and Sinner’s trajectory is incredible. They’re here to stay. We’re still around but the cycle of life is brutal and at some point that’s going to change, and sooner rather than later. There’s obviously some reason we have 20, 19 and 16 Grand Slams between us. We’ve been able to find a way to remain competitive and to keep being successful.

What’s the best decision you’ve ever made in your career?
Staying here in Manacor. That’s one of the most satisfying decisions I ever made. When I was young, I had the opportunity to go the High Performance Centre in Sant Cugat [Barcelona] to train, with everything paid for, but I stayed here and even though it meant my family had to make big financial sacrifices staying here to train with my uncle and to grow up surrounded by my family and friends helped me a lot. When I became a professional, it was suggested to me that I might go and live somewhere else because it would have been very beneficial in terms of money. But I decided I’d prefer to stay here and I’ve paid 50 percent tax on everything I’ve earned from tennis in what could have been a short career. I would have made lot more money if I’d lived abroad but I would have been unhappy. At the end of the day it could have cost me more personally to leave. I don’t know if at that time I would have been mentally prepared to leave and ready to train and learn somewhere else. In Spain athletes pay a high rate of tax and a lot of what we earn comes from overseas (with a higher tax rate) but I have never regretted my decision because it also helped me professionally.

You recently got married and said your life hadn’t changed at all…
At the moment, no [smiles]…

Have you thought about having kids and starting a family?
It hasn’t got anything to do with getting married, it’s to do with age, which you can’t do anything about. To be honest, at this stage of my life I didn’t think I’d still be playing tennis. I was told because of my style I wouldn’t have a very long career. I believed what I was told, so I thought that by now I’d be retired and starting a family. The thing is that I’ve always thought it’s best to have kids when you have a more stable way of life than I’ve had during my playing years. But time is moving on and anything can happen.
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He has never lost to Tsitsipas? Is this a bad translation? Seems strange Rafa wouldn't correct the interviewer on that.
 
weakera said:
He has never lost to Tsitsipas? Is this a bad translation? Seems strange Rafa wouldn't correct the interviewer on that.
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The journalist's question is wrongly translated from Spanish into English!

The journalist asked: "Hablando del enfado de Tsitsipas, usted nunca la ha perdido, pero... ¿la paciencia es algo que se gana con los años?"

The meaning of the journalist's question is: "Speaking of Tsitsipas anger, you [Rafa] have never lost your temper..."

as.com

AS, con Nadal: "Me entrené toda la vida para no rendirme"

En la Rafa Nadal Academy, muy cerca de su casa en Manacor, el número uno del mundo recibió a AS para hacer balance de su gran temporada. A 2020 le pide salud .
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Some Statistics

Mundo Deportivo (in English: Sports World ), a Spanish nationwide daily sports newspaper published in Barcelona, presented a short summary of Rafa's tennis career:

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Tenis. Bon Nadal: el nº 1 felicita las fiestas a los lectores de MD

Mejor la copa que le acredita como nº 1 que una copa de cava al uso. Rafa Nadal deseó felices fiestas a los lectores de MD brindando con el trofeo que recibió como rey
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(Excerpts translated from Spanish via Google)
¤¤ "I'm super happy. Honestly, after all what I've been through in my career, with injuries, I never thought that at the age of 33 and a half, I would have this trophy [the YE World No.1] in my hands. It is something very exciting that has taken a lot of work. Without my family and my team, this would have been impossible. It has been a very exciting year, an almost perfect season,” says Rafa, who also had a very special personal moment when he married Mery Perelló.
Nadal closes the decade, prodigious to him, just as he began, as the world No. 1, having finished the season as the No.1 for the 5th time (2008, 2010, 2013, 2017 and 2019). Rafa became the world No. 1 for the first time the day after he received the 2008 Beijing Olympic gold medal. Twelve years later, the Tokyo 2020 is also underlined on his schedule. He's a unique athlete, no doubt.
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Vamos Rafa!
 
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You should be able to get to Rafa's segment on Master Chef Junior with this link. The kids were sure excited to see him. :D Wish I could understand what they were saying. Looks like they were having a good time. Toni and Maribel, Mom and Dad, Tomeu, Tuts, Tio Miguel Angel, and Mery were on the show too. The whole gang was there! :)

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Rafa Nadal cuple el sueño de nuestros aspirantes

MasterChef Junior 7 - Rafa Nadal cuple el sueño de nuestros aspirantes
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[B]Genny SS[/B]@[B]genny_ss[/B] 1h1 hour ago
Mery's impressed with what the kids have done.... she says she's not too much into cooking!

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