WEBVTT 00:23.356 --> 00:26.735 Today the skies will be even clearer than in recent days. 00:26.818 --> 00:28.987 And temperatures will be much higher. 00:29.070 --> 00:31.072 The winds will calm down. 00:31.156 --> 00:36.661 The first time I went to play an official tennis tournament, 00:37.245 --> 00:40.498 I was, I think, 7 years old. 00:41.499 --> 00:43.877 I played with someone who was, like, 11. 00:46.963 --> 00:49.007 So, I was nervous, of course. 00:50.008 --> 00:52.302 But my uncle Toni was a coach 00:52.385 --> 00:54.637 who had a great influence on me. 00:54.721 --> 00:57.682 And helped me with everything. 00:59.601 --> 01:02.604 Rafael was a little nervous before taking the court. 01:03.813 --> 01:06.191 So, I said to Rafael, 01:06.691 --> 01:10.278 "If your opponent is much better than you, I'll make it rain." 01:10.779 --> 01:13.406 And he asked, "You can make it rain?" 01:13.990 --> 01:16.493 And I said, "Of course I can make it rain." 01:18.912 --> 01:21.790 Of course, I had great respect for him. 01:22.916 --> 01:26.753 And I admired him so much when I was very young, you know? 01:27.337 --> 01:29.089 I always trusted him. 01:34.219 --> 01:35.929 The match begins… 01:36.888 --> 01:41.518 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 4-0 for the other guy. 01:44.854 --> 01:47.649 But then, I start to come back. 01:49.609 --> 01:51.486 4-1, 4-2, 4-3… 02:01.079 --> 02:02.330 It starts raining. 02:05.750 --> 02:08.711 And I secretly go to tell Toni, 02:09.879 --> 02:13.675 "Toni, I think you could stop the rain, 02:14.509 --> 02:16.386 because I think I could beat him." 02:29.691 --> 02:31.943 Rafa Nadal announced at 6:20 p.m. 02:32.026 --> 02:36.114 that he will not be playing in the Monte-Carlo tennis tournament. 02:36.865 --> 02:39.659 Rafa has been dropping out of tournaments one-by-one. 02:39.742 --> 02:43.705 First Doha, then Indian Wells, now Monte-Carlo. 02:44.706 --> 02:48.126 And now, Roland-Garros is almost upon us, 02:48.209 --> 02:50.920 and we haven't seen Rafa practically all year. 02:51.421 --> 02:52.505 There's no time left. 02:59.679 --> 03:00.763 It hurts here? 03:01.264 --> 03:02.932 It's more like here. 03:03.516 --> 03:04.767 Around this area? 03:05.268 --> 03:06.728 -It could be, right? -Sure. 03:07.812 --> 03:09.689 That's where it hurts the most. 03:12.066 --> 03:13.860 What do you think about the…? 03:14.360 --> 03:16.863 I don't think we'll find anything. 03:16.946 --> 03:19.032 -What? -I don't think we'll find much. 03:19.532 --> 03:21.659 But he already thinks that he may have a chance… 03:22.952 --> 03:24.871 The man is… insatiable. 03:25.538 --> 03:27.248 But he's not ready to push yet. 03:27.749 --> 03:28.583 Yeah. 03:30.752 --> 03:32.253 Will you make it to Barcelona? 03:32.837 --> 03:36.132 -We'll see, I don't know about Barcelona. -He may not make it. 03:36.215 --> 03:37.592 I don't think so. 03:37.675 --> 03:41.012 But he thinks that if he's able to train for a full week, he's ready to compete. 03:41.095 --> 03:41.971 I don't fully agree. 03:42.931 --> 03:46.226 -He's gonna get injured there. -Yeah, it's crazy. 03:46.809 --> 03:48.937 -Makes no sense. -Yeah, very true. 03:53.608 --> 03:54.943 Rafelet, ready? 04:03.201 --> 04:05.578 You want him to go? You think he should go? 04:05.662 --> 04:06.955 -No. -Do you? 04:07.038 --> 04:08.414 I wouldn't allow it. 04:09.415 --> 04:11.250 -Sure you wouldn't go? -I wouldn't go. 04:11.334 --> 04:13.002 -Yeah, okay. -I told him yesterday. 04:13.962 --> 04:15.421 -I mean… -I told him today. 04:17.340 --> 04:21.010 I think he needs to do some reflecting at home tonight and ask himself, 04:21.094 --> 04:22.595 "What am I playing for?" 04:25.431 --> 04:27.392 -An Eskimo kiss? -Papa! 04:27.475 --> 04:28.935 Yeah, daddy. 04:34.607 --> 04:35.817 Where's Nadal? 04:35.900 --> 04:38.653 In Barcelona. He's already training. 04:38.736 --> 04:41.489 Yeah, sure, but that doesn't mean he'll compete. 04:42.865 --> 04:44.200 So, by Friday, 04:44.284 --> 04:47.578 Rafa Nadal has to decide if he'll play Barcelona or not. 04:59.966 --> 05:02.969 -I can push harder. I'm not feeling pain. -Like yesterday. Easy. 05:03.052 --> 05:05.680 Shit, I have to do a little more, I need to. 05:06.264 --> 05:07.098 I mean… 05:08.099 --> 05:10.852 I need to feel like, "Here I go." 05:10.935 --> 05:12.770 -Right. -You know? "Go." 05:12.854 --> 05:14.439 What about 70%? 05:15.523 --> 05:18.359 Charlie, I don't know if I should do it or not. 05:19.736 --> 05:22.488 Listen, we need to keep everything under control. 05:23.906 --> 05:24.949 Here I go. 05:25.658 --> 05:27.368 But you have to be careful, man. 05:28.286 --> 05:29.620 Till it breaks. 05:38.504 --> 05:40.548 He's very demanding with himself. 05:41.049 --> 05:43.968 But if he gets injured again, then there's nothing. 05:45.428 --> 05:49.682 So, these days, part of our job is to stop him. 05:50.600 --> 05:54.187 He's been pushed for so many years to give 100%. 05:54.687 --> 05:56.814 And that made him who he is. 06:04.447 --> 06:07.325 Since I was a kid, I enjoyed challenges. 06:07.408 --> 06:08.868 They gave me motivation. 06:08.951 --> 06:11.120 I liked things that were difficult. 06:13.831 --> 06:17.085 But this is because Toni taught me to be this way. 06:17.668 --> 06:20.254 It's not easy, huh? One more time. 06:20.338 --> 06:22.173 I was a demanding coach. 06:23.758 --> 06:25.676 Go! Come on, hit it! 06:26.552 --> 06:29.514 But I was hard on Rafael because I had great respect for him. 06:29.597 --> 06:31.599 Again. You need to give him hell. 06:33.184 --> 06:35.019 And because he was my nephew. 06:39.524 --> 06:41.442 Oh, no. Let's go, champ! Come on. 06:42.735 --> 06:45.988 When Toni and Rafael trained, 06:46.656 --> 06:50.076 tensions were very high. 06:51.452 --> 06:53.454 Rafael, don't hit it so low. 06:53.955 --> 06:56.666 "Rafa, turn around," "Rafa, move," "Rafa, finish the shot"… 06:56.749 --> 06:57.708 From ball one. 06:58.751 --> 07:00.545 He was constantly correcting him. 07:01.337 --> 07:04.424 Trying to create the maximum amount of stress. 07:04.507 --> 07:05.925 Again! Come on! 07:06.426 --> 07:09.595 I felt much less pressure when playing against any opponent 07:09.679 --> 07:11.264 than when training with Toni. 07:12.723 --> 07:13.641 Again! 07:13.724 --> 07:15.351 When I missed a ball, he'd ask, 07:16.144 --> 07:17.270 "Why did you miss?" 07:17.353 --> 07:21.858 I was scared of making another mistake. 07:23.151 --> 07:27.071 During the first hour of training, no water. 07:27.655 --> 07:29.282 One hour without drinking. 07:29.782 --> 07:33.119 So, they would learn to suffer a little. 07:34.370 --> 07:38.082 Some coaches rebelled against me 07:38.166 --> 07:40.168 because they felt that was barbaric. 07:42.253 --> 07:44.881 I remember, in the first round of a tournament, 07:45.506 --> 07:47.758 I fell and broke this finger. 07:49.260 --> 07:52.597 When this happened to his finger, I told Rafael, "Keep playing." 07:53.181 --> 07:54.807 "Play for as long as you can." 07:59.187 --> 08:04.233 I won the tournament. But I had to wear a cast for a month. 08:07.320 --> 08:11.991 If you had asked me at that time, "Do you agree with all this?" 08:12.074 --> 08:15.328 I would have said, "No, I don't like it." 08:16.412 --> 08:18.164 It was a philosophy. 08:18.247 --> 08:20.666 "Learn how to suffer through a sport." 08:21.918 --> 08:26.714 I always said the same thing to him, "Rafa, you don't have to play." 08:27.298 --> 08:30.384 "No, I'm fine, Mom, I really like doing this." 08:31.010 --> 08:32.053 Last one. 08:33.137 --> 08:36.974 I only remember one time I felt like I couldn't take it anymore, 08:37.058 --> 08:41.270 and said, "Toni, um… I'm sorry, but I can't go on." 08:43.648 --> 08:44.815 I left the court. 08:45.942 --> 08:48.736 Mentally destroyed and crying. 08:52.156 --> 08:54.992 But I never went home crying. 08:55.660 --> 08:57.203 My father would ask, "How was practice?" 08:57.286 --> 08:58.788 I'd say, "Fine, good." 08:59.330 --> 09:00.164 "Bad." 09:01.082 --> 09:02.041 But that was it. 09:03.251 --> 09:07.463 I never would have wanted for my dad to go up to Toni 09:08.047 --> 09:10.091 and ask him to go easy on me. 09:10.883 --> 09:14.971 I would have felt like I was letting Toni down. 09:15.471 --> 09:19.308 I'd be a person who wasn't strong enough to endure. 09:20.726 --> 09:23.938 I always knew that he wanted the best for me. 09:24.438 --> 09:26.691 He wanted to make me succeed. 09:27.191 --> 09:30.027 And he believed that the right way was… 09:32.280 --> 09:33.114 that one. 09:35.574 --> 09:36.909 Pushing me to the limit. 09:41.539 --> 09:42.707 He's done it! 09:46.627 --> 09:50.089 I am not satisfied with him being a good player. 09:53.050 --> 09:56.762 Nadal takes his second Roland-Garros title. 09:56.846 --> 09:59.682 I encourage him to always dig for something more. 10:17.116 --> 10:19.201 When I started working with them, 10:20.119 --> 10:22.997 Rafa had somehow internalized that 10:23.748 --> 10:25.499 he was not good enough. 10:27.084 --> 10:29.503 It is something inside of Toni, 10:31.172 --> 10:32.340 who truly believes 10:32.423 --> 10:35.968 that if you just stay as a great clay court champion, 10:36.052 --> 10:38.763 you are somehow an incomplete champion. 10:40.973 --> 10:43.642 And so, the legend had been created 10:43.726 --> 10:46.771 that Wimbledon was the tournament you had to win. 10:47.605 --> 10:50.941 Win that and you become an immortal tennis legend. 10:51.442 --> 10:53.819 What's the tournament that you'd prefer to win? 10:53.903 --> 10:57.365 Wimbledon, but it's very tough and you have to work hard. 10:59.200 --> 11:02.203 That was the dream, that was the goal. 11:03.496 --> 11:07.208 It had been more than 40 years since a Spaniard had won there. 11:08.668 --> 11:12.171 It seemed that Spaniards were not capable of winning on grass. 11:13.964 --> 11:18.594 That's probably why it appeared to be something magical and unattainable. 11:18.678 --> 11:21.347 Heading the field, fresh from his triumph in Paris, 11:21.430 --> 11:25.184 the two-time French Open champion, Rafael Nadal. 11:26.435 --> 11:30.564 The question is, can the King of Clay master the grass? 11:31.565 --> 11:34.443 The previous year, I hadn't played very well. 11:39.573 --> 11:41.742 Needs to learn a lot on this grass court. 11:41.826 --> 11:44.453 He wishes he was here with his football boots. 11:44.537 --> 11:46.205 Don't laugh. 11:46.288 --> 11:49.417 What? It's funny. He really slips all the time. 11:51.168 --> 11:53.963 They seemed to be two different sports. 11:55.089 --> 11:58.843 Clay was more of a game of strength, grit, of fighting. 11:59.427 --> 12:01.929 Grass was more elegant… 12:02.805 --> 12:05.182 and for people who played with more… 12:05.266 --> 12:06.392 technique. 12:07.852 --> 12:10.604 Possibly the greatest player of all time, 12:10.688 --> 12:11.981 Roger Federer. 12:14.650 --> 12:16.235 I don't know of any athlete 12:16.318 --> 12:19.864 who has managed to play their sport so elegantly. 12:26.078 --> 12:28.914 It seemed like he was floating everywhere. 12:30.666 --> 12:33.919 You could have placed him in a ballet. 12:37.006 --> 12:38.674 Federer is above all. 12:39.967 --> 12:43.512 There's such competition in men's tennis, such strength and depth, 12:43.596 --> 12:47.600 and yet Federer is just head and shoulders above the rest. 12:48.601 --> 12:51.937 Number one for 84 weeks straight. 12:53.606 --> 12:56.108 Federer is the best man on the planet. 12:58.652 --> 13:01.489 I won my first Grand Slam in 2003. 13:02.072 --> 13:03.783 2004, I won three. 13:04.700 --> 13:07.870 And then, 2005, I barely lost matches. 13:08.454 --> 13:11.874 Six straight Grand Slam finals. 13:11.957 --> 13:15.044 Every one he has been in, Roger Federer has won. 13:15.878 --> 13:18.130 How much more can this guy achieve? 13:18.214 --> 13:20.633 When you think you can't get any better, you do. 13:20.716 --> 13:22.551 Well, it seems like it, yeah. 13:24.678 --> 13:27.890 I guess you could say I was in a bit of a league of my own. 13:31.143 --> 13:34.271 Roger Federer is still on track to win the men's singles title 13:34.355 --> 13:36.190 for the fourth straight year. 13:36.774 --> 13:38.609 Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. 13:38.692 --> 13:40.986 It gives me great pleasure to present Roger Federer, 13:41.070 --> 13:43.280 three-time Wimbledon champion, defending champion. 13:43.364 --> 13:46.242 Do you feel like a man on the brink of Wimbledon history? 13:46.325 --> 13:47.993 I feel very, actually, very good. 13:48.077 --> 13:50.079 I'm playing very well at the moment. 13:50.162 --> 13:53.165 And it's a… just a matter of being consistent. 13:55.709 --> 13:58.671 So, for Rafa, it was the ultimate challenge… 13:59.171 --> 14:00.548 to win Wimbledon. 14:00.631 --> 14:04.009 To beat Federer, and to beat Federer at Wimbledon. 14:12.393 --> 14:14.478 Game, set, match to Nadal. 14:15.062 --> 14:17.481 What would make it a good tournament this year? 14:17.565 --> 14:20.359 Well, I think if he got through three or four rounds, 14:20.442 --> 14:21.944 that would be good. 14:27.157 --> 14:29.118 What if this were to come to a final 14:29.201 --> 14:31.745 between you and Rafael Nadal? 14:31.829 --> 14:36.041 Obviously, if he made the final, that would be quite a surprise to many. 14:39.295 --> 14:41.213 You see a guy learning on the spot. 14:41.297 --> 14:42.673 He's getting better each match. 14:50.764 --> 14:53.475 It looks like a Rafael Nadal-Roger Federer final 14:53.559 --> 14:54.560 is shaping up. 14:54.643 --> 14:57.271 No one thought he'd be in the Wimbledon final. 14:59.523 --> 15:03.485 On grass, I didn't feel I was at Roger's level yet. 15:04.570 --> 15:07.197 He had many things in which he was better than me. 15:08.657 --> 15:10.576 Toni kept reminding me of that. 15:10.659 --> 15:14.371 Hey, did you see how he made that last one drop? 15:15.289 --> 15:16.957 I'd say to him, "Rafael, 15:17.041 --> 15:20.461 Federer has a better forehand, backhand, volley, 15:20.544 --> 15:21.962 and serves better than you." 15:23.547 --> 15:28.802 I said, "If you want, I can lie to you, but Federer is not going to lie to us." 15:30.387 --> 15:33.432 Toni always put Federer above Rafa. 15:34.934 --> 15:38.020 And I think that, in a way, Toni used that as motivation 15:39.772 --> 15:43.859 so that Rafa would keep thinking that they hadn't reached their limit. 15:52.785 --> 15:56.080 Roger Federer now walks onto the court he owns. 15:56.163 --> 15:57.539 This grass of Center Court. 15:57.623 --> 16:01.585 He has been utterly dominant here for the fourth straight year. 16:01.669 --> 16:03.128 Forty-seven straight wins 16:03.212 --> 16:06.840 on the surface that best suits his all-court artistry. 16:17.810 --> 16:20.604 In that moment, I knew he was extremely good. 16:20.688 --> 16:24.108 But, uh, you could still see he was a little raw on grass. 16:28.529 --> 16:31.615 He was maybe a bit frustrated when there was no rhythm. 16:37.204 --> 16:38.497 His forehand wasn't as effective. 16:44.378 --> 16:46.922 You could see he had some figuring out to do. 16:47.881 --> 16:48.716 Out! 16:48.799 --> 16:50.801 Yes! 16:56.974 --> 17:00.019 …On this blazer, the three rackets with three trophies. 17:00.102 --> 17:01.979 You're going to need a bigger pocket next year. 17:02.062 --> 17:06.316 Yeah, well, it's gotta go, because three seems not good enough. 17:08.527 --> 17:13.365 I would just like to say that, uh, it's a great tournament for Rafael and… 17:13.449 --> 17:16.410 I honestly didn't think he was going to play the finals this week, 17:16.493 --> 17:20.456 but it's a fantastic effort, so congratulations for coming so far. 17:24.251 --> 17:26.879 Great champion. Congratulations, Roger Federer. 17:31.717 --> 17:34.386 Having someone like Roger in front of you, 17:34.470 --> 17:37.848 I think it makes the path look much clearer. 17:38.974 --> 17:41.602 You'll have to push yourself to the limit in everything. 17:43.479 --> 17:46.315 What can you tell Rafael, now that the match is over? 17:46.398 --> 17:50.819 Well, I always say to him that he needs to keep improving. 17:50.903 --> 17:53.030 You see him winning Wimbledon next year? 17:53.113 --> 17:55.783 No, not at all. I don't see him as… 17:56.283 --> 17:58.786 as champion, not at all. 17:58.869 --> 18:01.205 We have to train more, we have to improve. 18:03.791 --> 18:07.461 I told Rafael, "You have to do something extra." 18:10.339 --> 18:12.508 "You have to go closer to the limit." 18:15.052 --> 18:16.678 "You have to suffer." 18:25.896 --> 18:28.190 I think I hurt myself during training. 18:29.024 --> 18:32.778 Ugh, it's a bit of a bitch. It's in a shitty area. 18:32.861 --> 18:35.864 -Where? -I can't bend my damn finger. 18:36.782 --> 18:38.534 I don't think that's going away. 18:41.578 --> 18:42.621 A little more. 18:43.914 --> 18:44.957 Like this. 18:50.379 --> 18:53.465 Very important news, extremely important. 18:53.549 --> 18:55.509 Rafa Nadal will be playing. 18:55.592 --> 18:58.595 It will be at the Godó. It'll be at 4:00 p.m. 19:02.224 --> 19:03.892 We have a pretty big problem. 19:04.393 --> 19:06.603 He can't play at 80%. 19:10.482 --> 19:11.859 Rafa is 0 or 100. 19:14.111 --> 19:15.696 -That's why he's so successful. -Yes. 19:15.779 --> 19:16.655 I'm sure. 19:19.158 --> 19:21.201 Not just sure. Very sure. 19:30.210 --> 19:31.587 Do you see that look? 19:33.130 --> 19:34.756 He looks a bit concerned. 19:37.134 --> 19:38.969 Rafael, is it getting worse? 19:40.304 --> 19:44.057 I mean, now that you've warmed up, does it feel better or not? 19:44.558 --> 19:45.809 I feel nothing. 19:46.393 --> 19:48.353 -But were you feeling it? -When? 19:48.437 --> 19:49.813 In your daily life. 19:50.647 --> 19:52.774 You haven't felt worse, or haven't felt anything? 19:52.858 --> 19:54.443 No, I haven't felt anything. 19:58.238 --> 20:00.824 What we all want is to get to Roland-Garros 20:00.908 --> 20:02.951 in the best possible shape. 20:04.411 --> 20:07.497 But if he wants to keep going, how are we going to stop him? 20:09.750 --> 20:11.960 I remember that, in many training sessions, 20:12.044 --> 20:15.422 basically all of them, we would have problems with his foot. 20:15.923 --> 20:19.259 Meaning, he was in pain. We had to stop at times. 20:21.470 --> 20:23.972 But Rafa likes to suffer. 20:24.473 --> 20:28.518 Then he gets the feeling that he has pushed himself to the limit. 20:31.688 --> 20:32.731 It's fine. 20:33.440 --> 20:34.858 I swear, it's fine. 20:35.943 --> 20:38.779 I haven't felt anything. For real. 20:38.862 --> 20:41.323 I think that Rafa, in some way, 20:42.241 --> 20:44.576 feels like he's obligated 20:44.660 --> 20:49.331 not to let down the people who believe in Rafa Nadal. 20:50.999 --> 20:54.378 I think he's a bit of a slave to that situation. 20:57.172 --> 21:00.092 But that also gives him the strength to keep going. 21:09.851 --> 21:12.688 Sixty consecutive victories on clay. 21:15.983 --> 21:17.985 A rivalry between you and Nadal 21:18.068 --> 21:20.904 would be a great thing for tennis. 21:21.405 --> 21:23.073 -Would it not? -I agree, yes. 21:23.156 --> 21:27.869 I think, uh, sports sometimes tend to need rivalries as well. 21:31.373 --> 21:34.835 The rivalry was such a huge thing, it crossed over into the general culture. 21:34.918 --> 21:36.628 In a big way. 21:38.672 --> 21:41.383 From now on, the match everyone will be waiting for 21:41.466 --> 21:43.051 will be Nadal-Federer. 21:43.135 --> 21:45.095 -They're so different. -Oh, that's what we love. 21:45.178 --> 21:47.973 Look at them. Couldn't get two more different people. 21:49.099 --> 21:53.186 How does Roger look? All dressed up, as if going to a dinner. 21:53.770 --> 21:56.231 Roger Federer, looking as elegant as ever. 21:56.314 --> 21:58.692 Not a single wrinkle. Everything perfect. 21:58.775 --> 22:00.152 And Rafa? 22:00.235 --> 22:01.778 He looked like Rambo. 22:01.862 --> 22:02.988 Long hair, 22:03.572 --> 22:04.656 lots of muscle, 22:04.740 --> 22:06.658 the warrior's headband. 22:06.742 --> 22:08.952 One is already thinking about the battle 22:09.036 --> 22:12.539 and the other is keeping his image of a gentleman, all put together. 22:13.123 --> 22:14.916 It was the perfect combo. 22:15.000 --> 22:17.794 Federer or Nadal. Which is your favorite player? 22:17.878 --> 22:19.546 Definitely Federer. 22:19.629 --> 22:21.465 -Rafa? -My future hubby. 22:21.548 --> 22:22.799 We support Roger. 22:22.883 --> 22:23.884 Rafa, of course. 22:23.967 --> 22:25.844 Don't get into any fights amongst yourselves. 22:25.927 --> 22:29.306 It was quite interesting to see how people have to be on, 22:29.389 --> 22:31.016 I guess, one side or the other. 22:33.727 --> 22:35.270 How can you not like both these guys? 22:38.148 --> 22:40.442 People wanted to watch them play, they were willing to do it 22:40.525 --> 22:41.610 any way they could. 22:42.736 --> 22:44.946 …On a unique and unusual court, 22:45.030 --> 22:46.865 purposely-built for this occasion. 22:46.948 --> 22:49.326 Half clay, half grass. 22:49.409 --> 22:52.370 The battle of surfaces. Definitely a weird one. 22:57.542 --> 23:00.420 They sold 7,000 tickets and could have sold triple that. 23:04.633 --> 23:06.802 The French capital has lived the tennis dream 23:06.885 --> 23:10.180 of being able to enjoy a final between the two best rackets in the world. 23:11.431 --> 23:16.061 Roger Federer will try to break the curse against his clay court executioner. 23:18.063 --> 23:21.942 This is a packed house at Court Philippe-Chatrier 23:22.025 --> 23:23.485 for this men's final. 23:24.319 --> 23:27.823 Roger Federer wanting to win the French Open for the first time. 23:27.906 --> 23:31.076 The weight of expectation is obviously huge. 23:35.914 --> 23:39.876 Federer wants to prove he can play the Nadal game on clay. 23:41.795 --> 23:43.046 That was in! 23:44.047 --> 23:46.508 In any other era, Federer would have been 23:46.591 --> 23:49.136 the best clay-courter of that period in time. 23:49.636 --> 23:52.597 But he had a force of nature that came along his path. 23:57.102 --> 24:01.231 Rafa was creating difficulties for him that nobody else could create. 24:02.816 --> 24:04.818 In those moments, I was frustrated. 24:05.610 --> 24:08.947 But, you know, Rafa was just better than me on clay. 24:10.073 --> 24:14.494 You had to hit so many good shots over a long period of time. 24:14.578 --> 24:17.664 He just made you feel that you need to play superhuman 24:17.747 --> 24:19.207 on a clay court to beat him. 24:20.333 --> 24:21.501 Out! 24:22.085 --> 24:24.129 6-3, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4. 24:24.713 --> 24:28.758 Rafael Nadal has three successive Roland-Garros titles. 24:28.842 --> 24:30.969 There's so much excitement around this. 24:31.052 --> 24:33.305 It's a portent of things to come. 24:36.766 --> 24:40.145 The boy from Manacor has made it clear that Roland-Garros 24:40.228 --> 24:42.147 and clay are his territory. 24:46.401 --> 24:49.321 -Thank you for coming. -Congrats. 24:49.821 --> 24:50.864 Thank you. 24:52.199 --> 24:54.868 -Uh… -Next year, the fourth, okay? 24:54.951 --> 24:55.869 We train tomorrow! 24:55.952 --> 24:58.496 -Next year, you win again! -Come on, man. 25:03.001 --> 25:04.377 With hardly any rest, 25:04.461 --> 25:08.089 Rafa Nadal is off to England, where his grass season begins. 25:08.965 --> 25:10.800 -Good morning! -Good morning! 25:11.301 --> 25:12.552 Good morning. 25:12.636 --> 25:13.720 To me, 25:14.221 --> 25:17.557 winning Roland-Garros and then Wimbledon is very difficult. 25:18.058 --> 25:19.643 You win Roland-Garros, 25:20.143 --> 25:21.311 then catch the train, 25:21.394 --> 25:25.732 go to London, arrive at 3:00 or 4:00 in the afternoon, 25:25.815 --> 25:28.527 and one hour later, start training full-on. 25:29.110 --> 25:31.321 In the end, if you relax a little bit… 25:33.073 --> 25:34.032 you drop a lot. 25:35.367 --> 25:38.745 But Toni always had the feeling that they could push a little more. 25:39.454 --> 25:40.455 Always. 25:44.209 --> 25:47.629 And Rafa was never going to give you a little less. 25:51.841 --> 25:55.929 I had to completely change my mentality and my way of playing. 25:56.012 --> 25:58.974 Wait, then hit, pause, and then, "boom." 26:00.809 --> 26:04.646 Federer on grass, he's gonna play faster than anyone else. 26:05.730 --> 26:08.358 His tactic is not to give you time. 26:10.652 --> 26:13.530 To be able to beat Federer on his favorite court, 26:13.613 --> 26:15.448 you have to be aggressive. 26:17.450 --> 26:19.494 On clay, it's slower. 26:21.037 --> 26:22.247 You look for the winning shot 26:24.249 --> 26:27.002 after having played five shots in the rally. 26:31.298 --> 26:32.507 But on grass, 26:33.341 --> 26:35.802 you have to win the point faster. 26:37.596 --> 26:39.556 A bit more forward, Rafael. 26:40.223 --> 26:42.350 Because if you don't, your opponent will. 26:42.851 --> 26:43.893 Forward. 26:49.399 --> 26:52.193 I felt I was well prepared… 26:52.694 --> 26:53.737 to win. 26:56.990 --> 26:59.576 What would winning Wimbledon mean to you? 26:59.659 --> 27:00.869 If I win here, 27:01.369 --> 27:04.956 well, it's gonna be my best moment of my career. 27:08.710 --> 27:10.503 Coming further South and East, 27:10.587 --> 27:12.255 that's the other part of the weather story. 27:12.339 --> 27:16.343 We've got some more warm sunshine here, and across the Southeast, even warmer… 27:16.426 --> 27:19.220 What a gladiatorial feel there is 27:19.304 --> 27:21.806 to this Center Court arena. 27:22.807 --> 27:27.270 Nadal has been number 2 in the world and snapping at Federer's heels. 27:28.480 --> 27:32.108 And Federer, of course, endlessly the world number 1. 27:33.068 --> 27:36.655 So these are the two boys who dominate the game at the moment. 27:37.155 --> 27:38.239 And one feels, perhaps, 27:38.323 --> 27:41.201 they're the only players who can beat each other 27:41.284 --> 27:42.577 in the entire draw. 27:43.620 --> 27:46.373 Something special on the cards, one feels here. 27:46.456 --> 27:47.832 The final of Wimbledon. 27:50.752 --> 27:52.420 Roger Federer to serve. 28:04.724 --> 28:09.229 Right away, you could see he was already a much, much better grass-court player. 28:11.272 --> 28:14.359 I had to try to take the ball early and dictate play that way. 28:28.081 --> 28:31.000 One set to the defending champion. 28:33.461 --> 28:36.589 You admit that your opponent, playing one-on-one, 28:36.673 --> 28:38.508 is better than you at tennis. 28:38.591 --> 28:44.764 So, I have to look for a tactic that will help me find his weakest point, 28:44.848 --> 28:47.892 where I can really hurt him. 28:48.393 --> 28:50.061 After a while, we realized 28:50.145 --> 28:53.481 that when you played a high ball to his backhand, 28:53.565 --> 28:55.525 he struggled a little more. 28:55.608 --> 28:57.902 So, my tactic was to have him 28:58.486 --> 29:01.239 hit as many backhands as possible. 29:07.787 --> 29:10.081 Federer struggles with the high backhand. 29:10.165 --> 29:12.417 High ball to his backhand, and again. 29:12.500 --> 29:15.545 And again, and then repeat. 29:18.214 --> 29:21.426 I managed to take that tactic to the limit. 29:22.844 --> 29:26.806 Most of the balls going to the Federer backhand. 29:31.561 --> 29:33.229 One set all. 29:36.399 --> 29:37.984 Which way is this gonna go? 29:45.492 --> 29:48.411 Federer is stepping up and going for more. 29:49.746 --> 29:50.997 Toni said to me, 29:51.748 --> 29:55.960 "What you can't fail at is concentration and motivation." 29:56.461 --> 29:59.589 "Those things that depend on you and your head, 29:59.672 --> 30:01.174 you can't fail at them." 30:01.257 --> 30:02.842 "They have to be… 30:02.926 --> 30:04.052 at 100%." 30:14.395 --> 30:18.191 You're seeing Nadal at the top of his game on this surface. 30:18.274 --> 30:20.860 Nadal wins the fourth set. 30:21.611 --> 30:24.531 The momentum's in his favor right now. 30:24.614 --> 30:27.492 In the fifth set, I thought I was going to win the match. 30:27.575 --> 30:30.370 Nadal serving 2-3, fifth set. 30:30.453 --> 30:33.331 But tennis is about taking advantage of opportunities. 30:34.082 --> 30:36.084 Especially with Roger. 30:36.167 --> 30:38.670 At any moment, he can break your serve. 30:45.760 --> 30:47.345 Stunning! 30:47.428 --> 30:49.848 A break for Federer. 30:50.515 --> 30:51.891 When he broke my serve… 30:52.934 --> 30:55.228 I think I got really disappointed and… 30:56.521 --> 30:59.732 I wasn't able to focus a hundred percent on the match. 31:01.025 --> 31:03.152 On the ropes in the fifth set. 31:08.491 --> 31:12.287 The only time we've seen Nadal look displeased. 31:12.370 --> 31:17.500 In the last eight minutes of the match, I eased up a little bit. 31:19.294 --> 31:20.253 And that hurt me. 31:20.336 --> 31:22.463 He's only two points away from losing. 31:31.306 --> 31:35.310 2007 Wimbledon gentlemen's singles champion 31:35.393 --> 31:36.936 is Roger Federer! 32:05.256 --> 32:07.759 I remember being in the Wimbledon locker room, 32:07.842 --> 32:10.303 crying… alone. 32:13.932 --> 32:19.729 I thought, "I don't know if I'll ever be able to win at Wimbledon." 32:22.982 --> 32:25.735 Later, when I talked to Toni, 32:27.028 --> 32:31.115 he told me that I wasn't at 100% the entire match. 32:31.824 --> 32:33.284 And he was right. 32:52.762 --> 32:55.223 The stage is set at the Barcelona Open 32:55.306 --> 32:57.058 for the Rafa Nadal comeback. 33:06.275 --> 33:07.944 -Only one racket? -Yeah. 33:08.444 --> 33:10.947 Because I saw Rafelet with another one. 33:19.205 --> 33:22.291 Rafael Nadal's roadmap has long since gone out the window, 33:22.375 --> 33:23.626 and now it's day by day… 33:23.710 --> 33:26.045 Training is one thing, competing is another. 33:26.129 --> 33:27.797 They're two very different things. 33:27.880 --> 33:31.926 What is clear for me is that Rafa Nadal, at this moment, 33:32.010 --> 33:34.554 must already be thinking, undoubtedly, 33:34.637 --> 33:37.390 that his career will soon end. 33:39.225 --> 33:41.060 Rafa, anyone would be scared 33:41.144 --> 33:42.437 after so many injuries. 33:42.520 --> 33:45.064 How do you manage that worry on a daily basis? 33:45.148 --> 33:46.357 We know the deal. 33:46.941 --> 33:48.860 Am I aware of it? Yes. 33:48.943 --> 33:51.404 Do I know it can happen? Yes. So… 34:15.428 --> 34:18.014 Take it easy. Nothing to prove to anyone. 34:18.890 --> 34:21.851 Just get out there, enjoy yourself… 34:22.810 --> 34:25.605 Tension will be high, you just be relaxed. 34:26.189 --> 34:27.398 Being here is a win. 34:28.941 --> 34:30.985 I know it's not feasible, but… 34:31.569 --> 34:35.072 I go out, and in a corner of my head, 34:36.783 --> 34:38.910 -I win the tournament. -I know. 34:39.410 --> 34:40.787 Think we don't think that? 34:41.287 --> 34:45.666 The only thing you need to avoid, 100%, is hurting yourself. 34:46.292 --> 34:49.378 And if something happens to you… 34:49.462 --> 34:52.256 Shit. It'll be devastating. 34:53.716 --> 34:56.344 I know it's not easy, you've never done it before. 34:57.470 --> 34:59.388 But it's time to change your mindset a bit, 34:59.472 --> 35:01.974 'cause now, to me, there's no other way. 35:08.606 --> 35:12.068 My wife, my parents, my team, 35:12.568 --> 35:15.822 when they see me suffer, they don't want me to play. 35:17.115 --> 35:19.951 But, to me, things are not so easy. 35:25.414 --> 35:27.959 I never told Rafael it would be easy. 35:28.543 --> 35:31.379 But, well, he got used to… 35:31.462 --> 35:32.880 suffering. 35:35.133 --> 35:38.719 There's a quote by Goethe that says, 35:39.720 --> 35:42.140 "Talent is developed in solitude, 35:42.640 --> 35:45.643 character is formed in the stream of the world." 35:47.353 --> 35:48.813 The rain is falling 35:48.896 --> 35:52.066 and it has been falling for about the last hour or so. 35:52.900 --> 35:56.571 Rafael Nadal will, for the third year in a row, 35:56.654 --> 36:00.074 challenge Roger Federer for the Wimbledon title. 36:01.284 --> 36:03.953 Because of the rain, the match was pushing late. 36:04.537 --> 36:07.290 And even before that, there was so much buildup 36:07.373 --> 36:08.833 and anticipation. 36:09.333 --> 36:12.211 I mean, it all added to this sort of classic, 36:12.295 --> 36:14.797 almost biblical quality to this match. 36:16.507 --> 36:19.218 Everyone knew this was an extraordinary sporting event. 36:19.302 --> 36:23.055 This was really a momentous occasion in the rivalry. 36:24.599 --> 36:27.685 And the stakes were really, really high. 36:29.645 --> 36:32.398 The hope there'll be enough break in the rain to allow 36:32.481 --> 36:34.108 this men's championship to be played. 36:34.192 --> 36:37.236 The third straight between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. 36:37.320 --> 36:39.572 This has the potential to be a classic. 36:39.655 --> 36:42.200 He's had to suffer at the hands of Roger Federer. 36:42.283 --> 36:45.161 The final that everybody's looked forward to. 36:50.708 --> 36:53.878 "Last year, I failed at Wimbledon 36:54.378 --> 36:58.132 because I wasn't able to perform at the highest level." 36:59.008 --> 37:00.134 "This year… 37:01.052 --> 37:02.428 I'm not going to fail." 37:06.515 --> 37:09.977 Two sets it is to Rafael Nadal! 37:12.188 --> 37:14.482 That's incredible. 37:14.565 --> 37:18.236 Nadal, one set away from his first Wimbledon title. 37:20.404 --> 37:22.782 Rafa comes out, wins the first two sets. 37:22.865 --> 37:25.993 And there was this real sense of concern about Roger Federer. 37:26.077 --> 37:27.536 This was supposed to be his kingdom. 37:28.913 --> 37:30.414 Roger looked really shaken. 37:30.915 --> 37:32.583 You could see it in his face. 37:34.377 --> 37:38.464 It was like Rafa has taken his hope away from him here. 37:40.424 --> 37:43.010 The match was also tougher, to be honest. 37:43.094 --> 37:47.848 You could feel that he was definitely now a next-level player on grass. 37:48.349 --> 37:51.394 I knew I needed a mental change, because you don't want it to… 37:51.894 --> 37:55.856 To linger, you know, and just have this very negative mindset. 37:56.983 --> 37:59.860 I had to truly believe I could turn this match around. 38:03.072 --> 38:05.783 I have a big advantage, but there's still… 38:06.284 --> 38:07.535 a long way to go. 38:07.618 --> 38:09.287 Come on, Rafa! 38:10.329 --> 38:14.333 Between them, you could see there was this intensity. 38:14.959 --> 38:19.297 And it felt like this was about way more than the result on this particular Sunday. 38:27.513 --> 38:32.101 Gradually, and then suddenly, Roger claws his way back into the match. 38:43.612 --> 38:45.656 Rafa likes rhythm. I don't need it. 38:48.242 --> 38:49.994 When there's no rhythm, I'm the better player. 38:50.077 --> 38:51.912 And I think Rafa also knows 38:51.996 --> 38:55.082 that this type of tennis can make you extremely tired. 39:09.096 --> 39:10.222 Federer. 39:10.306 --> 39:11.932 Six games all. 39:12.016 --> 39:14.060 Fourth set, tie-break. 39:15.227 --> 39:18.773 You didn't think that he was gonna give this championship away 39:18.856 --> 39:21.317 after five years as the boss. 39:25.821 --> 39:27.907 I wasn't calm at any moment. 39:28.491 --> 39:30.826 It was probably the worst day of my life. 39:32.411 --> 39:35.956 In the fourth set, we reached the tie-break. 39:36.707 --> 39:41.170 It was, uh, an extremely stressful situation for me. 39:41.670 --> 39:44.006 Because every point counts. 39:44.090 --> 39:46.884 Here we go. Fourth set tie-break. 39:53.516 --> 39:54.517 Come on! 40:02.108 --> 40:05.069 If all seven points in the breaker are gonna be like that, 40:05.152 --> 40:06.821 the crowd are gonna lose their voices. 40:08.030 --> 40:10.282 There were multiple moments when they played, 40:10.366 --> 40:12.118 "Anything you can do, I can do better." 40:19.792 --> 40:21.001 One all. 40:21.502 --> 40:23.921 They both deeply believed it was their match to win. 40:24.964 --> 40:26.382 Two-one. 40:26.465 --> 40:27.550 Three-one. 40:28.300 --> 40:29.718 Four-one. 40:29.802 --> 40:32.179 Four-two, Nadal. 40:33.889 --> 40:37.893 That's wide! And that could be the crucial blow! 40:37.977 --> 40:41.939 Uncle Toni can't even watch anymore. 40:42.022 --> 40:43.399 Five-two, Nadal. 40:43.482 --> 40:47.778 He's coached this young man since he was four years old. 40:48.904 --> 40:52.116 Serving, the pressure is on him. 40:53.075 --> 40:57.830 Because 5-2 in the tie-break of the fourth is almost a victory. 41:00.624 --> 41:01.667 Fault! 41:02.710 --> 41:03.752 Fault. 41:05.713 --> 41:07.798 At that moment, I was thinking, 41:07.882 --> 41:09.133 "Don't do a double fault." 41:14.054 --> 41:14.889 Fault! 41:14.972 --> 41:15.890 Double fault. 41:18.184 --> 41:19.477 Five-three. 41:19.560 --> 41:21.479 The moment and the situation 41:21.562 --> 41:25.107 take their toll on me and I make mistakes. 41:26.400 --> 41:29.320 He knows that two or three bad points on his serve 41:29.403 --> 41:30.529 can cost him the match. 41:30.613 --> 41:34.116 And I think that stress maybe manifested itself. 41:47.087 --> 41:49.965 There were too many missed opportunities. 41:50.549 --> 41:53.802 Moments like these are to Federer's advantage. 42:11.487 --> 42:12.905 Stunning! 42:14.114 --> 42:15.574 Eight-seven, Nadal. 42:19.662 --> 42:22.248 I told Rafael, "If you have a match point, 42:22.331 --> 42:25.209 serve to his backhand and charge the net, 42:25.709 --> 42:27.253 so you don't think so much." 42:39.974 --> 42:41.100 Eight all. 42:44.895 --> 42:47.481 Federer didn't follow my lead, he didn't miss. 42:48.774 --> 42:50.985 Championship point's gone for Nadal. 42:58.367 --> 43:00.286 Game. The fourth set. 43:01.662 --> 43:03.038 Two sets all. 43:03.539 --> 43:06.166 Nadal has had his heart ripped out. 43:06.250 --> 43:08.711 He must feel absolutely hollow. 43:09.503 --> 43:12.965 Up two sets and then losing the two breakers 43:13.048 --> 43:16.385 certainly can make him start to question things again. 43:16.885 --> 43:19.972 Like in 2007, where he wasn't able to close. 43:21.265 --> 43:24.101 The inevitable has finally struck Center Court. 43:24.184 --> 43:27.438 This band of sort of dark clouds, it finally produced some rain, 43:27.521 --> 43:29.064 but it has in this… 43:30.149 --> 43:31.609 great exercise at Wimbledon. 43:32.484 --> 43:35.613 Back into the locker room once again. 43:38.949 --> 43:40.743 When I got to the locker room… 43:42.745 --> 43:45.623 I thought, "Okay, Rafael will be… 43:46.665 --> 43:50.753 he will be very upset, right? After having lost so many opportunities." 43:53.881 --> 43:56.759 And I thought, "What can I say to cheer him up?" 43:57.426 --> 43:58.469 And… 43:59.053 --> 44:00.888 I didn't have many ideas. 44:06.560 --> 44:10.064 And then, Rafael, who was tying his shoes, said to me, 44:12.232 --> 44:14.234 "I think you can stop the rain." 44:14.818 --> 44:16.445 "I'm not going to lose." 44:17.571 --> 44:18.947 "I'm not going to lose." 44:21.784 --> 44:25.204 "He may beat me, but I'm not going to lose. I'm not." 44:25.287 --> 44:28.791 "Mentally, I'm going to be 100% 44:29.291 --> 44:30.209 in every point." 44:30.959 --> 44:32.586 "I can't allow myself 44:33.712 --> 44:35.923 a single moment of weakness." 44:37.758 --> 44:41.428 I was willing to suffer more than him. 44:46.058 --> 44:47.935 A brief rain shower has passed. 44:48.018 --> 44:50.896 We've got one more segment 44:50.979 --> 44:54.900 to see if there will be a Wimbledon champion declared tonight. 44:57.778 --> 45:01.573 And when I saw him go back out on the court again, 45:04.159 --> 45:05.536 I knew he would win. 45:08.831 --> 45:13.627 Six and a half hours of the entire exercise today. 45:14.128 --> 45:16.422 By that time, it was really dark. 45:17.005 --> 45:19.466 And my screen on my laptop was just glowing. 45:23.387 --> 45:25.139 They should not have been playing tennis. 45:27.182 --> 45:28.600 But it was tremendous. 45:42.990 --> 45:44.491 Come on! 45:50.998 --> 45:53.417 It was a tough match. 45:56.128 --> 45:58.005 And you couldn't see much. 45:59.339 --> 46:01.133 And I was at my limit. 46:01.884 --> 46:05.679 Just focused on trying to keep giving myself opportunities. 46:11.602 --> 46:14.480 There's always the temptation to give up. 46:15.564 --> 46:19.026 But when you get used to enduring a little more… 46:19.109 --> 46:20.152 "That one more ball." 46:21.904 --> 46:23.655 That's what great champions do… 46:24.656 --> 46:26.825 endure one more ball. 46:29.912 --> 46:32.247 A phenomenal get by Nadal here. 46:32.748 --> 46:35.167 Now he's got the championship point. 46:37.252 --> 46:40.339 I think Roger, at that moment, was at his limit. 46:42.174 --> 46:44.927 "He's waiting for me to serve to his backhand." 46:45.594 --> 46:47.221 "Maybe I could surprise him." 46:48.972 --> 46:50.933 There are no easy balls. 46:53.018 --> 46:56.146 I had given him a ball where he had time to think. 46:57.773 --> 47:00.484 Sometimes it's easier to hit without thinking. 47:20.045 --> 47:22.881 There's not only one path to success. 47:24.800 --> 47:29.680 It's probably not necessary to suffer the stress that I have suffered 47:29.763 --> 47:32.182 to become what I have become. 47:34.852 --> 47:38.605 But I followed the path that Toni set for me. 47:40.315 --> 47:43.151 And I think it was the right path. 47:59.126 --> 48:00.961 Game, set, match, Nadal! 48:10.470 --> 48:12.806 People thought that I was a winner. 48:13.807 --> 48:15.309 I'm not a winner. 48:16.435 --> 48:17.936 I'm a competitor. 48:20.606 --> 48:21.648 Victory… 48:23.358 --> 48:25.068 lasts but a while. 48:26.236 --> 48:27.237 It's momentary. 48:27.321 --> 48:28.906 WIMBLEDON CHAMPION CONGRATULATIONS, RAFA! 48:30.365 --> 48:32.409 What has always motivated me 48:32.492 --> 48:35.120 is the desire to keep fighting. 48:37.456 --> 48:38.665 'Cause the way I see it, 48:38.749 --> 48:41.001 satisfaction comes from what's challenging. .