2020 has been a special, unusual season for all tennis players and the same is true for Rafael Nadal. The Spaniard’s season has been unprecedented as due to the pandemic he was forced to miss the US Open, but at the same time it was a successful season that saw him win his thirteenth Roland Garros, and especially his twentieth career Slam, a title that allows him to join the Swiss champion Roger Federer.
The Mallorcan shared his thoughts on what happened to Celebrity magazine, revealing how the pandemic has affected his personal balance, both physical and mental.
In a recent interview with Santander bank, Rafael Nadal gave a diplomatic response on Messi & Cristiano and chose another Ronaldo not Portuguese. The Spaniard also spoke of his admiration for Bjorn Borg.
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“It’s a really tricky question, but from what I saw I think I would choose Ronaldo,” said Rafael Nadal.
“I’m not talking about Cristiano Ronaldo or Messi who are very good today but I’m talking about Ronaldo the Brazilian. Ronaldo fantastic and he’s also a great guy,” Nadal continued.
“He’s always been very good, but before he was seriously injured he was exceptional. He was amazing and I met him when he was in his prime because my uncle was playing with him in Barcelona.”
Against this backdrop, Nadal was asked to choose a player he would like to face, and the 13-time Roland Garros champion chose Bjorn Borg. Nadal also revealed that he always viewed Borg as an “undefeated titan”
“I think of Borg because I always felt Borg was undefeated,” Nadal said. “The feeling I had was that he was an undefeated tennis titan.
It was another time, but I would like to play against him. I think I’m not a difficult person under any circumstance, “Nadal said.” I’m not bragging.
I think the proof is that I have never changed coaches. “The world number two then gave some details about his team, explaining that he has never directly removed a single one of his coaches.
Nadal admitted that he would rather blame himself after a failure than point fingers at others. “I don’t think I ever fired anyone from my team,” Nadal continued.
“There are very few people who can say that. I mean obviously there are two choices, either I’ve always found great people or I think people are perfect and we find a way. to work and when things are not going well, you blame yourself and not others, it’s the truth ”
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