For several years there has been a debate about who is the best tennis player in history. The numbers say that honor should go to Novak Djokovic, but Roger Federer and Rafa Nadal have inspired as much or more admiration than the Serbianso there are opinions for all tastes.
In fact, the Swiss and the Spaniard have been the greatest source of inspiration for an entire generation of young tennis players who are now fighting to seize their throne. This is the case of Carlos Alcaraz, who always shows his admiration for the two.
The Murcian recently recognized that One of the thorns he has is that Federer could not face an official match before his retirement.which he always called wonders.
“Roger Federer“. This was his answer in 2015 when asked who his favorite player was, but a year later, In 2016, Rafa Nadal was in first place in his preference ranking.as he clarified in an interview with Spanish Television.
“I want to be like Rafa Nadal, because he trains hard, sacrifices and puts a lot of effort into it.said the then 13-year-old boy.
He later endorsed those words, as seen in a video promoted by the LTA (British Tennis Federation) where he said that “the first time I saw him I was 12 years old, in an edition of Mutua Madrid Open in one where he was in the semifinals and I photographed him. The truth is he was my great idol and still is. Since I started playing tennis I focused on him, as well as Federer, I always watch outstanding tennis matches, but Rafa is my great reference.“.
It is not surprising, then, that The reigning Wimbledon champion won’t have time to propose Nadal’s doubles partner at the Paris Games once the Spaniard announced that he would play again and wanted to relive the experience of being part of an Olympic event again.
“Hopefully he can train and play next year from the start and we have a healthy Rafa for Paris. It would be a dream come true for mebut it depends on both of us,” he said a few weeks ago.
Source: La Verdad
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