The evening of Tuesday, November 19 will move to history of tennis Spanish and the world. Rafa Nadal, after a dream career, played his last match as a professional and informed the world of tennis with an action as good as emotional in which he did not lack, including tears of a nadal which does not (should not) contain itself.
One of the main features of goodbye is the multiplication of a video which they prepared for him (you can see it below these lines). In it they appeared friend and rival in equal parts, people Nadal inspired and opponents who took their potential to the limit by imitating Manacorí. Djokovic, Federer, Serena Williams, Del Potro, David Beckham, Conchita Martínez, Raúl Gonzalez, Rodri and Iker Casillasamong others, dedicated a few words to what many consider the best Spanish athlete of all time.
After a final round of thanks from each of the colleagues who spoke, the four-minute video ended, although there a very vivid image. As the light dims the images, Rafael Nadal He went into the darkness behind a door used outside the tennis court. At that moment, Carlos Alcaraz let her pass, gently grabbed her back and followed in her footsteps.
It may seem like an image just chosen at random, but nowadays in these events nothing is left to improvisation. The scene is a sample of what the future of Spanish tennis could be. One era ends and another begins. And Alcaraz, at a young age, has already shown that he is willing follow Nadal’s footsteps and continue your heritage. It will not be easy, because the race of Rafa seems incomparablebut if anyone could glimpse his greatness, it was the Murcian.
Source: La Verdad
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