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What is it? Wow, look at the lobster!

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Did you wet yourself?

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All right.

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-Have you told them?
-No, not yet.

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I'd better tell them.

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That you're retiring?

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I should.

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Hey papa!

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But is that…

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now or will you go there
to play and all that?

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Hm.

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Ready?

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Whoa ho ho!

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Grandma's very good at this!

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Grandma's very good.

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Hey, she's a champion!

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-Papa!
-Wait, hold on.

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I think I have to retire.

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After Roland-Garros.

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What will you do?
Will you play the tournament?

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I think that'll be difficult, Mom.

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So, don't tell anyone,
that goes without saying.

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No, I mean, no one, okay?

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Well, we have to, I mean…

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accept reality…

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in the end.

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I think we've stretched the party…

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long enough.

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More than you thought, am I right?

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Yeah.

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Are you feeling okay?

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I feel how I feel. What can I say?

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Damn the fucking net.

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I hate that fucking net, seriously.

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I've never missed that in my life.

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Never. Normally,
I don't even have to go back to it.

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He's playing well
and, suddenly, he does two shitty shots.

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Shit, he goes into this…

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spiral.

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There's just no way out.

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Why do you move so slow, man?

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Fuck.

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Stop complaining.

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-'Cause in the end…
-That doesn't help me.

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Calm down.

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You get into this… and you can't get out.

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I know it's not easy to enjoy, but try.

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In Paris it has to be like that,
no exceptions, but you should start now.

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You don't know how many training sessions
like this you'll have left.

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Hell, in the end, that's what's cool.

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Maybe in four or five years,
you look back…

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and shit,
you'd like to go back to that moment

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because you didn't enjoy it, you know?

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And those moments,
well, they don't come back.

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Rafa Nadal hasn't set foot
on the center court at Roland-Garros

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in 715 days.

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This is his 19th appearance here.

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The first one, when he was an 18-year-old,
back in 2005.

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This is the most special marriage

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in the history of world sports,

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that of Rafa Nadal
and the court where he has won 14 times…

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and where we hope it won't be the last.

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Don't miss this one!

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-Ugh.
-Okay, hang in there, Rafa.

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Yeah.

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In Rafa's career, there are times

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when he is very hard on himself.

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In these moments,
you try to be his friend, not his coach.

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There have been some complicated
and difficult years.

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And even though I wasn't on his team,

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I was still aware
of what he was going through.

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Worst year: 2015.

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It was the first time in my career

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that I played the clay court season
without winning a single tournament.

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I had less energy,
less ability to concentrate…

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Something, obviously,
was not working properly.

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I'd go out on the court thinking,
"Let's see what happens today."

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-Rafa!
-Rafa, come on!

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Come on, Rafa!

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He has always lived with anxiety,

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but not as much as during that time.

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I remember he wasn't able to stay focused.

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When he threw the ball,
he couldn't see it.

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I had no control.

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That's out!

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It's the shot he needs
to get into this match.

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I thought,
"I'm making a fool of myself here."

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-Missed it.
-Another error.

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And that match is a mirror of…

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what my day-to-day life
has been like for months.

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-Fault!
-Game, set, and match, Djokovic!

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The king of clay
has been dethroned at Roland-Garros.

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His dominance has come to an end.
He's out at the quarterfinal stage.

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After 70 victories
and two losses on the clay of Paris,

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Nadal has fallen to tenth place
in the ATP rankings.

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Around that time, I almost stopped

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playing tennis for a season.

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I showed up tired from my daily routine.

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But…

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Toni wasn't very…

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let's say he wasn't

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a big fan of breaks.

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Actually, he thought
that the best way to recover

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was to carry on playing tennis.

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I always say, "I've never seen
anyone improve by resting."

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Because when I lose,
I think I must keep on training.

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He's throwing it down.

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-Was it a tough session?
-This is much harder than playing.

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This way, you make sure that,
when you get to the court,

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you're already in shape.

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Or not.

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-Ready?
-Yes.

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I talked to Toni.

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And I told him he had to rest more.

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He had to manage his training load better…

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But I guess Toni didn't like that.

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All I said was,

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"We need to work more."

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He always thought that
anything that meant protecting Rafael was

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weakening him as a competitor.

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I was more worried about the mental part
because everything is connected.

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In his daily life, it affected him,

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not being able
to get out of that state of anxiety.

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I remember that, at the time,
he couldn't be without water.

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We couldn't go on a car ride
if he didn't have water.

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He'd feel like he was suffocating.

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If I didn't have
a bottle of water in my hand,

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I couldn't swallow my saliva.

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My throat would go dry…

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…and I would choke on my own saliva.

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I knew it was anxiety,
but I couldn't find a solution.

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That's the shot
that he can't clear the net with.

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I tried to make myself believe
that things were getting better,

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but no, not really…

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I couldn't do it.

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You could make a compelling argument

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that Rafa Nadal
is not the same player anymore,

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and never will be.

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If you have anxiety, you have anxiety.

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I didn't think too much of it.

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I thought, "Well,
if we work, we'll make it out of this."

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Rafael Nadal
denied once again the quarter-finals.

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And for Nadal, disappointment.

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That's a long walk down that hall
where he has been triumphant before.

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Those two years were,
I'd say, the most difficult of my career.

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After that, I had to go…

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to see…

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a psychiatrist.

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He said that it was probably due
to all these years of high demand

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and living constantly
with the feeling of stress.

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My professional relationship with Toni,
I mean, it wasn't bad.

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But maybe I needed

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for my mind to hear a different message.

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So, it was decided

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that adding another person
onto the team was necessary.

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My father called Toni.

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I wouldn't have been able
to do it on my own. Mm.

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It was emotionally tough for me.

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A very difficult decision.

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Because I thought that…

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I… I had a gut feeling

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that bringing someone else
into the team would hurt Toni.

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You've been doing more of the same

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and maybe there comes a time
when you need to try something else.

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Toni is my brother, but, uh…

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to me, my son comes first.

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Maybe Toni wasn't really happy about it,

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but we understood
that it would benefit Rafa.

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And that's when,
well, the idea was brought up

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of bringing Carlos on board.

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When I was a kid,
Carlos was someone I admired very much.

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WE ARE WITH YOU CARLOS

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Carlos is the first number 1
in the history of Spain,

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and he's from Mallorca.

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When you see Carlos Moyá,
what do you think?

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That I'd like to be like him.

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I joined
the professional tour at a very young age.

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The only person I really knew was Carlos.

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Hold each other's hands?

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There. Like that.

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I always had the feeling
that Carlos wanted the best for me.

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Are you playing in this tournament?

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He was a good guy, humble, quiet.

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I always tried to help him,
to give him advice if he asked.

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-This thing moves up.
-Yeah?

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Depending on how I throw it,
it slides up when I'm playing.

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You have to put that red tape there.

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I saw that he was a player
capable of beating anyone on the circuit.

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We're looking
at the fourth-best player in the world

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and he is playing a 16-year-old
and getting outhit.

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-Out.
-And he's done it!

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What a sensational moment this is.

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It was clear
that he was going to surpass me.

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But I never tried
to hold him back or pull him down.

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Hey, you have to go to the left!
Where's he going?

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Hey, it's to the left!

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This dude is a son of a bitch!

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But when he decided
that I should join the team,

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I was a bit surprised.

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I went to dinner with him in Palma.

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We talked for three hours
about what he thought I needed,

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and what he thought he could contribute.

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He hadn't won a Grand Slam in two years.

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I told him,
"I think you can win Grand Slams again,

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and you can be number one again."

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So I left the meeting convinced that…

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it was a good decision
for him to join the team.

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Carlos joined the team
at the end of the year.

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The plan was for Carlos and Toni
to work as a team.

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In the end, I understand that if…

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the results aren't good enough and…

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you want change,

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well, I think that a change can be good.

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He was already 30 when I joined.

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Now he had to forget
what had worked for him in the past.

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We changed the training system a little.

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He thought that
we needed to train for less time,

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but in a more specific way,
on the elements that I needed.

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We were always told
that Rafa needed to play more matches

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to gain confidence.

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But he is so good that I didn't think
he needed so many matches, you know?

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He can use the first Grand Slam matches
to get into the rhythm,

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and gain confidence.

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The first tournament we go to
is the Australian Open.

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"I'm happy to return to the competition,"

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said Rafa Nadal.

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It's difficult for Rafa.

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He's not gonna get rid of Uncle Toni,
but this is a decision that Rafa wanted.

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He wanted Carlos there.

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In terms of the press
or people's opinions,

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Carlos is gaining the leading role.

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Very strong, mentally very strong,
believing in himself,

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which is the Rafa we wanted to see.

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In 2017, from the very first moment,

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we could see
that something was coming back.

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I've never seen anyone, absolutely no one,

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have as much confidence in Rafa

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as Charlie Moyá.

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Many times, before the matches,
I would say to him,

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"Remember who you are."

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"Make your opponent see
who he's playing against."

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"What you've done is already incredible."

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"Make him see that history."

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The tenth is in the bag!

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The king of clay has reclaimed his throne.

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From this moment on,
I think his perspective changes.

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A thought crosses his mind,

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"I'm Rafa Nadal again,
the one I've been all these years."

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Hold it there.

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Now push harder, okay?
Push harder. Come on.

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Truly amazing.

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Six thousand people
watching Rafa Nadal's training.

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I've got goosebumps.

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Rafa! Rafa! Rafa! Rafa!

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Stay positive and find a way.

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Because you will find it.

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You come to a court just to train

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and the whole court gets fired up, huh?

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They chant your name.

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Beautiful, right?

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How the hell is this guy
going to want to stop playing tennis?

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-Well, yeah.
-After this.

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Come on, win the point, Rafael.

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Well played set!
Come on, that's it, let's go.

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-Very good, man.
-Good quality. Good.

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Rafa is training very well.

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He's still doing
three-hour sessions a day,

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he's won every set he's played…

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-Kiss. Come.
-Kiss, kiss, kiss, kiss.

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-Go with Daddy?
-Give Daddy a hug.

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Give Daddy a hug. He's very sweaty.

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No, give Daddy a hug. Yeah, a hug.

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Have you decided

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whether this will be
your final French Open?

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Because everybody is assuming it will be,

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but I don't know
if you've decided that for sure.

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Maybe the last one,

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maybe not, but…

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But let's explore.

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The logical thing
is for me to retire, but…

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I'd feel really sad
if I didn't really give it a try.

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"Look, my body has evolved
in a positive way these last few weeks."

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"The family is happy,

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I'm happy playing, I'm having fun."

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"But to say that
this will be my last Roland-Garros,

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I can't be 100% certain."

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I can perform, you know?

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Hello! Hello, everyone.

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Thank you, and welcome to Roland-Garros,
here in this iconic venue

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that will host the placements
for the main draw.

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A very important draw.

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And right from the first match,

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he could play against
any player in the world.

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The draw is not complete.
We still need the seeded players.

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But it's already very interesting.

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-Totty, totty…
-Totty, totty? I love the "Totty, totty."

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I think Rafa's gonna get
to the quarters. What if he plays Alcaraz?

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You don't know who he's going to play.

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Now the seeded players
number three and four. Marie-Jo.

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-Number 4.
-Alexander Zverev.

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The news of the day,

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which is the bad luck that Rafa Nadal
has had in the Roland-Garros draw.

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His first match will be against Zverev,
number 4 in the world.

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It's a nice draw?

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-It is what it is.
-What?

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-Easy draw, right?
-Easy draw.

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Zverev.

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-Okay. First game?
-Sure. The first.

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All right.

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Well, obviously, it's not what you want.

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-How is he handling it?
-Good.

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Actually, he said,
"I came to win the tournament."

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Rafael! Rafa!

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-You are the best player. We love you.
-Rafa!

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-I love you.
-We love you so much in France.

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Isn't it nice
to see Nadal, the real Nadal,

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back out there?

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I think Nadal can fight
to be number one in the world again.

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Bringing Carlos into the team,

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I think it was good at the beginning.

23:21.775 --> 23:23.527
I remember we were training in Manacor,

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and Toni was at a conference abroad.

23:29.449 --> 23:31.243
Someone checked their phone…

23:31.827 --> 23:34.204
and said that Toni had made a statement.

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Toni Nadal will no longer
be coaching Rafael Nadal next season.

23:38.834 --> 23:40.377
And the press said that…

23:41.336 --> 23:43.171
he was no longer working with me.

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That this was his last year. Well…

23:46.883 --> 23:48.135
That's how we found out.

23:48.218 --> 23:51.304
Rafa didn't know, I didn't know.
He didn't say anything to anyone.

23:51.388 --> 23:52.848
We found out through the press.

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It wasn't what I was looking for
when I brought Carlos into the team.

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To me, it wasn't Carlos in, Toni out.

24:06.153 --> 24:08.989
He's going to be
parting company with his Uncle Toni,

24:09.072 --> 24:10.866
who's coached him for how many years?

24:10.949 --> 24:13.702
27 or 28 years.

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I think that the most natural thing
would have been for him to tell us

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before the press.

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But, he must have had his reasons.
Nothing I can do about it.

24:26.381 --> 24:28.508
I like to feel useful in life.

24:28.592 --> 24:34.222
I don't like being somewhere
where, in the end, I feel…

24:34.723 --> 24:38.059
"Well, I can't really contribute much."

24:38.143 --> 24:42.189
That's why I made the decision to leave.

24:43.190 --> 24:46.776
That must have been a shock for him?

24:46.860 --> 24:47.944
I don't think so.

24:48.028 --> 24:49.154
-No?
-No.

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I felt…

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a bit shocked, of course.

24:58.121 --> 24:59.998
Toni was my uncle. And…

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the influence he had on me was

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greater than any other person
had ever had.

25:08.089 --> 25:10.133
In a way, I was scared

25:11.218 --> 25:14.679
of how I was going to react without Toni.

25:31.238 --> 25:34.574
In 2017, I won the US Open.

25:35.742 --> 25:37.494
We finished the year as number one.

25:39.579 --> 25:40.956
I think he evolved

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and changed his perception of himself.

25:45.961 --> 25:49.548
And I think that's the reason
for his later success,

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after he turned 30.

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I think that, in some way,

25:59.975 --> 26:03.353
his belief in himself
gives him an extra boost.

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Fault!

26:10.151 --> 26:12.404
Game, set, and match, Nadal.

26:12.904 --> 26:15.365
Seventeen Grand Slams now.

26:17.742 --> 26:19.911
I lived the last years of my career,

26:19.995 --> 26:22.998
I'd say, with a little more
of a feeling of freedom.

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And less tension than with Toni.

26:31.172 --> 26:33.967
He learned to relax a little.

26:35.969 --> 26:39.472
…to have a day-to-day life
where he could enjoy himself.

26:43.143 --> 26:47.147
He was more mature.
By 30, you know who you are.

26:47.731 --> 26:51.443
You stop being a kid, so to speak.

26:53.611 --> 26:56.072
He lived with his parents until…

26:57.115 --> 26:59.701
2018, I think.

27:00.201 --> 27:03.913
And he would have lived
with his parents much longer.

27:03.997 --> 27:05.081
But…

27:06.708 --> 27:10.378
In fact, it was me who suggested
we live together, and he was like…

27:10.462 --> 27:11.629
"Why?"

27:12.589 --> 27:14.716
I was scared of…

27:14.799 --> 27:17.010
of that decision.

27:17.093 --> 27:18.887
But once it happened,

27:19.638 --> 27:20.472
it was great.

27:21.723 --> 27:24.142
She's the woman
I wanted to start a family with.

27:25.518 --> 27:29.064
And without a doubt,
her support was very important to me.

27:30.523 --> 27:32.817
I was happy
during those years of my career.

27:35.028 --> 27:39.574
I really enjoyed seeing myself
competing at the highest level.

27:43.036 --> 27:45.413
Rafa Nadal, he's got 18 in total.

27:45.997 --> 27:50.210
Wimbledon number five
for the Serbian superstar.

27:50.877 --> 27:53.672
Novak Djokovic's got 16.
Roger Federer with 20.

27:53.755 --> 27:55.632
It's remarkable that we see them

27:55.715 --> 27:57.258
produce the tennis that they do.

27:58.301 --> 28:02.722
They're playing in their prime,
they're all playing on every surface,

28:02.806 --> 28:04.641
they're all winning all four majors…

28:04.724 --> 28:06.559
You say, "Boy, how lucky we are."

28:06.643 --> 28:09.979
And then you say,
"Well, no, it's not in a vacuum."

28:10.063 --> 28:13.608
The one reason they're staying out there
is because they were pushing each other.

28:13.692 --> 28:16.444
"Well, shit, this guy's
still winning multiple majors a year

28:16.528 --> 28:19.030
when he's closer
to age 40 than he is to 30."

28:19.114 --> 28:20.365
Like, "Why not me?"

28:20.448 --> 28:22.200
Three sets to two.

28:22.283 --> 28:24.786
He's the US Open champion!

28:25.787 --> 28:27.163
For the first time,

28:27.247 --> 28:32.127
the difference between
Nadal and Federer, just one.

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They're on their feet.

28:34.879 --> 28:38.383
Rafael Nadal serving
for a 13th Roland-Garros title

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and a 20th Grand Slam title.

28:43.555 --> 28:45.473
Game, set, and match, Nadal.

28:45.557 --> 28:50.437
In 2020, Rafael Nadal makes it 20.

28:51.104 --> 28:54.357
Defeats his great rival, Novak Djokovic.

29:04.367 --> 29:06.578
It's the miracle in Melbourne.

29:07.245 --> 29:09.289
An improbable comeback.

29:09.372 --> 29:11.916
Twenty-one major titles.

29:12.417 --> 29:15.795
The greatest player of all time.

29:17.881 --> 29:21.009
I was having an incredibly good feeling.

29:22.010 --> 29:24.679
I wanted to do
everything I could to keep it going.

29:27.265 --> 29:29.684
But after the Australian Open final,

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my body wasn't okay,
I wasn't feeling great.

29:42.155 --> 29:44.073
Hey, wait. Wait, wait…

29:46.951 --> 29:48.578
That leg will get better?

29:48.661 --> 29:50.997
-How are you, Rafa?
-Rafa, how's it going?

29:51.080 --> 29:53.833
I don't know,
we'll know in a few days, I don't…

29:53.917 --> 29:57.337
-Feeling good about it?
-I don't feel anything.

29:59.047 --> 30:00.507
Thank you, Rafa.

30:03.635 --> 30:06.804
The truth is
that we are all very surprised

30:06.888 --> 30:10.517
that he has been able
to play as long as he has.

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That foot has been degenerating
over the years.

30:14.521 --> 30:17.690
That's why there came a moment
when that foot said,

30:17.774 --> 30:19.275
"I can't take it anymore."

30:23.988 --> 30:25.949
Those were complicated months.

30:27.867 --> 30:29.327
Oh, he's got it!

30:29.410 --> 30:32.413
The apprentice finally beats the master.

30:32.497 --> 30:33.831
He played in Madrid

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and lost.

30:38.795 --> 30:40.880
He played in Rome

30:41.965 --> 30:42.799
and lost.

30:43.383 --> 30:47.178
His foot issue
seems like it's taken a toll on him.

30:47.762 --> 30:51.140
So he went
to Roland-Garros with many doubts.

30:51.224 --> 30:55.353
Twenty-one Grand Slams,
thirteen Roland Garros titles,

30:55.436 --> 30:58.982
the Spaniard Rafael Nadal!

30:59.065 --> 31:02.235
I was in constant pain.

31:02.819 --> 31:05.321
I think that for all of us,

31:05.405 --> 31:09.325
we were at a point
where it seemed like my career was…

31:09.826 --> 31:10.660
over.

31:13.913 --> 31:18.251
It was very clear
his body couldn't take it anymore.

31:18.334 --> 31:20.920
For once,
not getting the drop shot right, Nadal.

31:21.004 --> 31:24.007
And well mopped up by Jordan Thompson.

31:25.466 --> 31:28.094
He played the first match in pain,

31:29.846 --> 31:32.932
but, somehow, he won.

31:40.815 --> 31:44.861
Before the match,
I gave him a little anesthesia to play.

31:46.905 --> 31:48.323
But then he told me,

31:48.406 --> 31:52.410
"Listen, I really don't know
how we're going to be able to…

31:52.493 --> 31:54.329
to finish this tournament."

31:55.163 --> 31:56.289
"I'm in pain."

31:58.499 --> 32:02.754
The reality now was that the foot
no longer responded to those treatments.

32:04.839 --> 32:08.009
When I left the match, my father…

32:08.509 --> 32:10.303
had to carry me like this,

32:10.386 --> 32:12.013
on his shoulders, to the room.

32:13.514 --> 32:15.558
I was in a lot of pain.

32:16.601 --> 32:18.061
I didn't sleep at all.

32:19.562 --> 32:21.147
Not even for a minute.

32:22.273 --> 32:24.150
And I was thinking, nonstop thinking.

32:25.735 --> 32:29.030
First thing in the morning,
I called Ángel.

32:30.281 --> 32:31.324
I asked him,

32:32.033 --> 32:37.080
"Is there any way
to numb the sensory nerve

32:37.580 --> 32:40.708
without affecting the motor nerve?"

32:43.294 --> 32:46.547
And he said, "Yes, we can give it a try."

32:47.382 --> 32:49.300
But from a medical point of view,

32:49.384 --> 32:51.469
this is as far as we go.

32:51.552 --> 32:53.763
Because you can tear the tendon.

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They injected me here, here, here.

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In all the nerves that affected
this whole superficial area of the foot.

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I didn't know if it would really work,

33:05.441 --> 33:06.943
but I went to play.

33:08.653 --> 33:10.863
This is the one we were waiting for.

33:11.364 --> 33:13.324
And the moment has now arrived.

33:13.408 --> 33:16.786
The two of them are
up against each other for the 59th time.

33:16.869 --> 33:20.289
You knew he was doing
extreme measures to get himself to play.

33:20.790 --> 33:23.459
It turned out he was feeling nothing.
His foot was numb.

33:23.543 --> 33:25.128
Quite a risky thing, isn't it?

33:25.628 --> 33:26.879
To have no sensation.

33:27.630 --> 33:30.717
If your foot starts to go
the wrong direction, you won't even know.

33:38.683 --> 33:40.309
Come on!

33:41.644 --> 33:43.604
He knows that the pain is there.

33:44.188 --> 33:46.399
But it was clear to him

33:46.482 --> 33:50.111
that if I gave him enough
to be able to compete,

33:50.194 --> 33:53.448
he was going to compete to the death,
and he did.

34:00.163 --> 34:04.250
With Rafa, you know
that every match is "live or die."

34:06.252 --> 34:09.505
The level of the tenacity
brought out to the court.

34:09.589 --> 34:11.716
That match was unbelievable.

34:18.639 --> 34:21.267
And he's done it! Rafa Nadal!

34:21.350 --> 34:24.103
He has made it
to the Roland Garros semi-finals.

34:24.187 --> 34:27.315
He doesn't feel his foot
and he's winning this?

34:27.398 --> 34:29.609
I mean, what are you gonna tell me next?

34:29.692 --> 34:32.945
He's gonna play blindfolded,
and he's gonna win it also?

34:33.029 --> 34:34.155
It's like, come on!

34:34.864 --> 34:38.826
Rafa is on the verge
of clinching that 14th title,

34:38.910 --> 34:40.495
here at Roland Garros.

34:43.081 --> 34:45.917
Rafa has given absolutely everything.

34:47.877 --> 34:50.296
He has gifted us everything he had.

34:54.801 --> 34:58.221
I'm convinced that Rafa
went out on that court that day

34:58.304 --> 35:01.057
thinking that it might be
his last tennis match.

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Because otherwise,

35:07.230 --> 35:09.774
I don't see it as physically possible.

35:13.319 --> 35:17.240
The greatest becomes even greater.

35:19.992 --> 35:22.495
The man
who makes miracles on a daily basis

35:22.578 --> 35:24.789
has just written another page.

35:25.623 --> 35:27.917
I don't know if it was a miracle,
but close.

35:33.047 --> 35:35.049
He'd been through a lot just to get there.

35:35.133 --> 35:39.178
But I have to be honest,
I did have his retirement story written,

35:39.262 --> 35:40.429
like a lot of us did.

35:42.140 --> 35:45.643
And I had it on my computer.
And as he came to the microphone,

35:45.726 --> 35:49.230
the crowd was expecting something,
and I know all the journalists were.

35:49.313 --> 35:51.190
We were all kind of ready to…

35:51.274 --> 35:52.984
…hit "send" on these stories.

35:55.027 --> 35:57.864
I don't know what can happen
in the future,

35:57.947 --> 36:01.117
but I'm gonna keep fighting
to try to keep going.

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So, many thanks.
Thank you very much, everyone. Thank you.

36:04.704 --> 36:05.746
"Delete."

36:05.830 --> 36:07.748
Or "save for later." You know?

36:10.376 --> 36:13.963
That was a sign that we were
gonna go to some form of bitter end.

36:14.463 --> 36:18.384
Do you think you should have retired

36:18.467 --> 36:21.095
after Roland-Garros in 2022?

36:21.596 --> 36:22.722
Of course not.

36:24.932 --> 36:25.766
Why?

36:27.560 --> 36:29.812
I never wanted to stop.

36:29.896 --> 36:31.647
I always wanted to keep going.

36:32.940 --> 36:34.358
To me, it's very simple.

36:35.651 --> 36:37.653
I'm exploring my limits.

36:46.287 --> 36:47.455
Zverev?

36:47.538 --> 36:50.291
Zverev is confident, we know that…

36:50.374 --> 36:53.252
Exactly,
that's what I'm telling you, right?

36:53.336 --> 36:55.004
Today will be a great day.

36:56.756 --> 36:59.634
-Thank you, Rafa!
-Love you, Rafa!

37:08.392 --> 37:09.852
He hasn't complained?

37:09.936 --> 37:11.312
-Right now?
-Physically.

37:11.395 --> 37:12.230
No.

37:12.730 --> 37:16.359
-Well, I don't know if that's good.
-Not physically or anything else.

37:18.152 --> 37:19.528
He seems calm.

37:27.787 --> 37:29.330
Let's go see Daddy.

37:29.997 --> 37:31.874
Daddy.

37:33.000 --> 37:35.169
-Daddy!
-Daddy!

37:36.295 --> 37:38.756
We can bring a racket, but only one.

37:40.841 --> 37:43.052
It's gray and very wet,

37:43.135 --> 37:46.681
but we are gonna be shining
some fabulous tennis.

37:47.890 --> 37:50.851
If in a tournament
it is worth going out there

37:50.935 --> 37:53.354
to give everything and die for it,

37:53.437 --> 37:54.355
then it is Paris.

37:55.982 --> 37:58.651
The chances of him winning are very small.

37:58.734 --> 38:00.486
Gonna be tough for Rafa.

38:00.569 --> 38:03.614
He's put his body
through so much over the years.

38:14.083 --> 38:16.252
And 14 at Roland-Garros.

38:16.335 --> 38:18.879
2005, '06, '07, '08.

38:18.963 --> 38:20.131
2010.

38:20.214 --> 38:26.595
'11, '12, '13, '14, '17, '18, '19.

38:26.679 --> 38:29.390
2020 and 2022.

38:30.099 --> 38:31.726
Rafael Nadal!

38:33.394 --> 38:34.395
NEVER RETIRE PLEASE

38:34.478 --> 38:38.441
You can never
write Rafael Nadal off in Paris.

38:38.524 --> 38:39.567
Come on!

38:42.069 --> 38:44.113
The roof is shut on Chatrier,

38:44.196 --> 38:47.950
so it's going to be even more
of a cacophony of noise.

39:18.064 --> 39:20.066
That was clearly his nerves.

39:25.863 --> 39:27.406
What a start for Zverev.

39:41.504 --> 39:44.006
Rafael Nadal
hadn't dropped a set in practice.

39:44.965 --> 39:47.927
He has dropped the opening set
when it really matters.

39:48.010 --> 39:49.845
I can't believe it, man.

39:49.929 --> 39:51.806
It'll get better, you'll see.

39:52.681 --> 39:55.434
Come on, Gus, have a little faith.

39:58.062 --> 40:00.981
Despite everything
that has happened in my career,

40:01.065 --> 40:03.859
all the times I've been out of action,

40:04.360 --> 40:07.696
all the times it seemed
like my career was over,

40:08.197 --> 40:09.240
always,

40:09.323 --> 40:13.869
I've always kept the will to… to fight.

40:15.037 --> 40:16.247
Come on. Confidence!

40:16.330 --> 40:17.832
Come on!

40:31.595 --> 40:33.431
Yes! Come on! That's it!

40:33.514 --> 40:35.599
Suddenly, some momentum.

40:36.100 --> 40:37.935
Come on, focus, focus! Let's go!

40:38.018 --> 40:38.853
Come on!

40:42.690 --> 40:44.233
What a hold that is.

40:45.025 --> 40:47.611
Four brilliant points in a row for Nadal.

40:50.990 --> 40:52.158
Now he sees it.

40:52.241 --> 40:53.534
-Now he has faith.
-Yeah.

40:54.034 --> 40:55.870
He doesn't change, man.

41:00.166 --> 41:01.876
There's another stunner!

41:03.544 --> 41:06.714
We're going to see
a tie-breaker between these two.

41:21.520 --> 41:23.856
Nadal steals the point!

41:36.744 --> 41:37.786
Oh, no!

41:46.545 --> 41:48.797
Come on! Let's go!

41:48.881 --> 41:51.717
Nadal just never goes away, does he?

41:57.848 --> 42:00.100
Yeah, again he read the play, Zverev.

42:02.102 --> 42:04.188
He's on the ropes though, here, Nadal.

42:05.648 --> 42:08.067
Second set point for the German.

42:10.611 --> 42:11.862
Two sets, love, Zverev.

42:11.946 --> 42:15.115
Zverev now leads by two sets to love.

42:15.616 --> 42:18.202
I wonder how much
he's got left in the tank.

42:21.789 --> 42:24.792
-He's tired now.
-Yeah, he's very tired.

42:35.302 --> 42:39.557
I never thought
I'd be trying to play tennis

42:40.516 --> 42:42.226
at the age of 37.

42:48.774 --> 42:52.486
I know I don't need
to prove anything to anyone.

42:57.950 --> 42:59.577
Not even to myself.

43:01.453 --> 43:03.706
But I can't help it.

43:06.709 --> 43:08.168
This is my seal.

43:10.337 --> 43:11.589
That's who I am.

43:18.470 --> 43:19.471
Out!

43:19.555 --> 43:22.141
Game, set, and match, Zverev.

43:23.642 --> 43:26.520
Perhaps the last dance
for Rafa Nadal at Roland-Garros

43:26.604 --> 43:28.981
ends in defeat.

43:34.320 --> 43:36.030
Now the sun comes out!

43:38.657 --> 43:39.908
The sun came out!

43:40.409 --> 43:42.411
Rafael Nadal!

44:06.769 --> 44:08.437
Will he be back? We're unsure.

44:08.520 --> 44:10.689
But what a legacy he leaves behind.

44:10.773 --> 44:14.985
Fourteen times a champion
here at Roland-Garros.

44:41.053 --> 44:43.889
What did Daddy do?
Do you know what Daddy did, Rafelet?

44:44.932 --> 44:46.100
Wah, wah, wah…

44:47.476 --> 44:49.603
Daddy went like this. Wah!

44:55.275 --> 44:56.485
But anyways…

44:56.985 --> 44:59.196
This record will be tough…

45:00.906 --> 45:03.075
-Tough to beat?
-Yeah.

45:04.702 --> 45:06.787
I think it'll be harder, maybe I'm wrong,

45:06.870 --> 45:11.041
but I think it'll be harder
to surpass this one than Djokovic's 24.

45:11.542 --> 45:12.543
I bet.

45:16.463 --> 45:19.341
You never know, right?
But if I had to bet money,

45:19.842 --> 45:21.218
I think it'll take more time

45:21.301 --> 45:25.681
for someone to surpass 14 Roland-Garros
than 24 Grand Slams.

45:36.024 --> 45:39.445
No, it's not hard.
What you see stand out is not hard.

45:39.945 --> 45:42.531
It's soft. Touch. Look, do this.

45:43.031 --> 45:46.535
See? You see it swollen,
but it's not hard, it's soft.

45:49.246 --> 45:50.581
It's an alien, man.

46:04.511 --> 46:06.972
He says he doesn't know
if it's a good idea

46:07.055 --> 46:08.599
to play at the US Open.

46:08.682 --> 46:10.184
I just don't see it.

46:16.315 --> 46:18.609
-Big balloons?
-Those are balls.

46:18.692 --> 46:20.986
-Papa.
-There they go.

46:24.281 --> 46:25.783
It's very nice outside.

46:27.743 --> 46:29.495
It's really nice being here now.

46:36.794 --> 46:39.087
When he arrived
at Roland-Garros this year,

46:39.588 --> 46:42.090
we thought he was going to say goodbye.

46:46.720 --> 46:48.972
And then,
since he saw himself training well,

46:49.640 --> 46:52.184
he started thinking about going further.

46:59.858 --> 47:02.152
But obviously, deep down, I thought,

47:02.236 --> 47:04.446
"How are we going to continue like this?"

47:09.576 --> 47:11.286
I think he likes to suffer

47:11.787 --> 47:15.541
with the purpose
of overcoming that suffering.

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But at the end of his career,

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I think the suffering
no longer led to overcoming it.

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It was suffering
for the sake of suffering.

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And that's what, I think,
finally burned out the flame.

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It's Finals Day in Båstad.

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It's been a fair few matches
where he's looked not quite himself,

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looked almost down and out.

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He's moving very slowly.

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I think he had to go to the point where…

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it got painful to see
what he was becoming.

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He needs to feel the limitations.

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See balls that he once would have reached

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and whacked for winners

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no longer be reachable.

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And to see levels of play that,
for him, were once like breathing,

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now become impossible.

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Game, set, and match, Borges.

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Well, after losing in Båstad,

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Rafa wrote to us a few hours later.

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The message says,

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"Team…"

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"I'm not really good at these things,

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but today I really feel bad,
I'm shattered."

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"Apologies for today to everyone."

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"Honestly, I haven't been able
to find the energy to improve myself,

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or at least try to."

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"During the match, I decided to retire."

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"Thank you all for everything."

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"And although it doesn't make sense
to apologize at this point in my career,

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I do it because it's what I feel."

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"A big hug to everyone."

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After the match,
he locked himself in the bathroom

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and he was in bad shape.

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It's in his DNA to keep fighting.

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But it was in Båstad that he…

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he saw that he wasn't able to…

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do that anymore.

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What did he say
that made you feel, "It's over"?

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Those words.

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"I need to retire."

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Not "I have."

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Not "I want to."

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"I need to retire."

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Why? Just like that?

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It was obvious.

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He didn't recognize himself on the court.

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At that moment,
he saw that he couldn't give any more.

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In a way, when you say, "I'm retiring…"

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in the end, you're saying, "I surrender."

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You stop being what you've been
practically all your life.

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You go back to being just the person.

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Hi, everyone. Um…

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Well, I'm here to…

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let you all know

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something that I've been thinking about,

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uh… for a long time.

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And imagining what it would be like.

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I have decided that the Davis Cup final

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is going to be my last tournament
as a professional tennis player.

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Rafa! Rafa!

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Rafa! Rafa! Rafa!

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I've never lost the hope
that things would get better,

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as it had happened
many times throughout my career.

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But not this time.

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The question is…

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"Why keep going?"

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Welcome to this ceremony

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in honor of Rafael Nadal.

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I would be very unhappy

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if I thought I hadn't done everything
to fight until the end.

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That has always been my biggest fear.

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And now there is no fear… at all.

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Rafa! Rafa!

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Rafa! Rafa!

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Thank you.

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VICTORY BELONGS TO THE MOST TENACIOUS

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It's hard to start with just one person,

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but, Toni…

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you are the reason I'm here.

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Thank you for dedicating
a great part of your life

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to wanting to be with me.

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Training, talking, tricking me,

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making me suffer, making me laugh,

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and pushing me to the limit.

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What we have experienced
has not always been easy,

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but it has definitely been worth it.

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I have achieved my goal,

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which is to give my all…

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and to retire in peace…

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at ease with what my career has been.

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ROLAND-GARROS
MEN'S SINGLES

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Okay.
-GARROS
MEN'S SINGLES