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Meshkatolzahra Safi, the First Iranian girl to play a grand slam match has Rafa as her inspiration
Rafa transcends tennis.
Double Olympic gold medalist [200m, 400 m freestyle swimming]
Aussie swimmer
excerpt from her interview after the Olympic medal:
Dealing with the notoriety of being an Olympic gold medallist
Titmus has read Rafael Nadal’s autobiography – Rafa: My Story – three times, and would love to see her idol at Melbourne Park in January, the Spaniard’s foot injury permitting. “I have to meet Rafa. I would just love to chat to him about how he’s been in the sport for so long, and understand how he’s managed his injuries. I’m just a massive fan as well.’’
One passage in Rafa’s book has stuck with Titmus. A young Nadal is at the French Open and walking down a Parisian street between his agent Carlos Costa and uncle and long-time former coach, Toni Nadal; the latter a stickler for respect and humility, determined that success will not go to his nephew’s head. Toni stops and tells Rafael he cannot walk in the middle as it conveys a false sense of his importance, as if the elder men are “bodyguards or courtiers’’.
“And I was like, ‘That’s such a Dean thing to say’,’’ Titmus says. “If I make a smart-arse comment or something he would be like, ‘Oh, who do you think you are? Olympic champion?’ So I feel like it’s very similar.’’
Bravo Safi and Titmus!
Vamos Rafa!
Rafa transcends tennis.
Double Olympic gold medalist [200m, 400 m freestyle swimming]
Aussie swimmer
excerpt from her interview after the Olympic medal:
Dealing with the notoriety of being an Olympic gold medallist
Titmus has read Rafael Nadal’s autobiography – Rafa: My Story – three times, and would love to see her idol at Melbourne Park in January, the Spaniard’s foot injury permitting. “I have to meet Rafa. I would just love to chat to him about how he’s been in the sport for so long, and understand how he’s managed his injuries. I’m just a massive fan as well.’’
One passage in Rafa’s book has stuck with Titmus. A young Nadal is at the French Open and walking down a Parisian street between his agent Carlos Costa and uncle and long-time former coach, Toni Nadal; the latter a stickler for respect and humility, determined that success will not go to his nephew’s head. Toni stops and tells Rafael he cannot walk in the middle as it conveys a false sense of his importance, as if the elder men are “bodyguards or courtiers’’.
“And I was like, ‘That’s such a Dean thing to say’,’’ Titmus says. “If I make a smart-arse comment or something he would be like, ‘Oh, who do you think you are? Olympic champion?’ So I feel like it’s very similar.’’
Bravo Safi and Titmus!
Vamos Rafa!
