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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!

00:18:40.452 --> 00:18:42.496 align:center
Stay positive and find a way.

00:18:43.330 --> 00:18:44.957 align:center
Because you will find it.

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You come to a court just to train

00:19:02.850 --> 00:19:05.185 align:center
and the whole court gets fired up, huh?

00:19:05.769 --> 00:19:07.271 align:center
They chant your name.

00:19:08.480 --> 00:19:09.690 align:center
Beautiful, right?

00:19:09.773 --> 00:19:12.442 align:center
How the hell is this guy
going to want to stop playing tennis?

00:19:12.526 --> 00:19:13.735 align:center
-Well, yeah.
-After this.

00:19:15.779 --> 00:19:17.364 align:center
Come on, win the point, Rafael.

00:19:21.201 --> 00:19:23.745 align:center
Well played set!
Come on, that's it, let's go.

00:19:23.829 --> 00:19:25.873 align:center
-Very good, man.
-Good quality. Good.

00:19:39.511 --> 00:19:41.597 align:center
Rafa is training very well.

00:19:42.306 --> 00:19:44.474 align:center
He's still doing
three-hour sessions a day,

00:19:44.558 --> 00:19:46.351 align:center
he's won every set he's played…

00:19:57.446 --> 00:19:59.531 align:center
-Kiss. Come.
-Kiss, kiss, kiss, kiss.

00:19:59.615 --> 00:20:01.241 align:center
-Go with Daddy?
-Give Daddy a hug.

00:20:01.325 --> 00:20:03.076 align:center
Give Daddy a hug. He's very sweaty.

00:20:03.160 --> 00:20:05.871 align:center
No, give Daddy a hug. Yeah, a hug.

00:20:11.543 --> 00:20:13.420 align:center
Have you decided

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whether this will be
your final French Open?

00:20:15.631 --> 00:20:18.050 align:center
Because everybody is assuming it will be,

00:20:18.133 --> 00:20:21.178 align:center
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…

00:20:28.352 --> 00:20:29.978 align:center
But let's explore.

00:20:34.024 --> 00:20:36.652 align:center
The logical thing
is for me to retire, but…

00:20:37.653 --> 00:20:40.697 align:center
I'd feel really sad
if I didn't really give it a try.

00:20:40.781 --> 00:20:44.618 align:center
"Look, my body has evolved
in a positive way these last few weeks."

00:20:45.202 --> 00:20:46.286 align:center
"The family is happy,

00:20:46.370 --> 00:20:48.288 align:center
I'm happy playing, I'm having fun."

00:20:48.372 --> 00:20:50.999 align:center
"But to say that
this will be my last Roland-Garros,

00:20:51.083 --> 00:20:52.417 align:center
I can't be 100% certain."

00:20:53.585 --> 00:20:54.628 align:center
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.

00:21:15.232 --> 00:21:16.650 align:center
And right from the first match,

00:21:16.733 --> 00:21:19.111 align:center
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."

00:21:31.832 --> 00:21:35.043 align:center
I think Rafa's gonna get
to the quarters. What if he plays Alcaraz?

00:21:35.127 --> 00:21:37.713 align:center
You don't know who he's going to play.

00:21:37.796 --> 00:21:41.383 align:center
Now the seeded players
number three and four. Marie-Jo.

00:21:44.803 --> 00:21:46.847 align:center
-Number 4.
-Alexander Zverev.

00:21:58.025 --> 00:21:59.568 align:center
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.

00:22:09.369 --> 00:22:10.412 align:center
It's a nice draw?

00:22:10.495 --> 00:22:11.830 align:center
-It is what it is.
-What?

00:22:11.913 --> 00:22:14.332 align:center
-Easy draw, right?
-Easy draw.

00:22:15.042 --> 00:22:16.084 align:center
Zverev.

00:22:16.168 --> 00:22:18.337 align:center
-Okay. First game?
-Sure. The first.

00:22:18.420 --> 00:22:19.421 align:center
All right.

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

00:22:31.224 --> 00:22:33.518 align:center
-How is he handling it?
-Good.

00:22:34.478 --> 00:22:37.230 align:center
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!

00:22:43.445 --> 00:22:45.572 align:center
-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.

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I remember we were training in Manacor,

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and Toni was at a conference abroad.

00:23:29.449 --> 00:23:31.243 align:center
Someone checked their phone…

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and said that Toni had made a statement.

00:23:35.080 --> 00:23:38.750 align:center
Toni Nadal will no longer
be coaching Rafael Nadal next season.

00:23:38.834 --> 00:23:40.377 align:center
And the press said that…

00:23:41.336 --> 00:23:43.171 align:center
he was no longer working with me.

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That this was his last year. Well…

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That's how we found out.

00:23:48.218 --> 00:23:51.304 align:center
Rafa didn't know, I didn't know.
He didn't say anything to anyone.

00:23:51.388 --> 00:23:52.848 align:center
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.

00:24:06.153 --> 00:24:08.989 align:center
He's going to be
parting company with his Uncle Toni,

00:24:09.072 --> 00:24:10.866 align:center
who's coached him for how many years?

00:24:10.949 --> 00:24:13.702 align:center
27 or 28 years.

00:24:14.327 --> 00:24:18.290 align:center
I think that the most natural thing
would have been for him to tell us

00:24:18.373 --> 00:24:19.916 align:center
before the press.

00:24:20.000 --> 00:24:23.795 align:center
But, he must have had his reasons.
Nothing I can do about it.

00:24:26.381 --> 00:24:28.508 align:center
I like to feel useful in life.

00:24:28.592 --> 00:24:34.222 align:center
I don't like being somewhere
where, in the end, I feel…

00:24:34.723 --> 00:24:38.059 align:center
"Well, I can't really contribute much."

00:24:38.143 --> 00:24:42.189 align:center
That's why I made the decision to leave.

00:24:43.190 --> 00:24:46.776 align:center
That must have been a shock for him?

00:24:46.860 --> 00:24:47.944 align:center
I don't think so.

00:24:48.028 --> 00:24:49.154 align:center
-No?
-No.

00:24:50.405 --> 00:24:51.615 align:center
I felt…

00:24:52.491 --> 00:24:54.451 align:center
a bit shocked, of course.

00:24:58.121 --> 00:24:59.998 align:center
Toni was my uncle. And…

00:25:00.582 --> 00:25:02.292 align:center
the influence he had on me was

00:25:02.876 --> 00:25:05.962 align:center
greater than any other person
had ever had.

00:25:08.089 --> 00:25:10.133 align:center
In a way, I was scared

00:25:11.218 --> 00:25:14.679 align:center
of how I was going to react without Toni.

00:25:31.238 --> 00:25:34.574 align:center
In 2017, I won the US Open.

00:25:35.742 --> 00:25:37.494 align:center
We finished the year as number one.

00:25:39.579 --> 00:25:40.956 align:center
I think he evolved

00:25:41.039 --> 00:25:44.668 align:center
and changed his perception of himself.

00:25:45.961 --> 00:25:49.548 align:center
And I think that's the reason
for his later success,

00:25:49.631 --> 00:25:51.132 align:center
after he turned 30.

00:25:57.931 --> 00:25:59.891 align:center
I think that, in some way,

00:25:59.975 --> 00:26:03.353 align:center
his belief in himself
gives him an extra boost.

00:26:09.150 --> 00:26:10.068 align:center
Fault!

00:26:10.151 --> 00:26:12.404 align:center
Game, set, and match, Nadal.

00:26:12.904 --> 00:26:15.365 align:center
Seventeen Grand Slams now.

00:26:17.742 --> 00:26:19.911 align:center
I lived the last years of my career,

00:26:19.995 --> 00:26:22.998 align:center
I'd say, with a little more
of a feeling of freedom.

00:26:25.292 --> 00:26:28.128 align:center
And less tension than with Toni.

00:26:31.172 --> 00:26:33.967 align:center
He learned to relax a little.

00:26:35.969 --> 00:26:39.472 align:center
…to have a day-to-day life
where he could enjoy himself.

00:26:43.143 --> 00:26:47.147 align:center
He was more mature.
By 30, you know who you are.

00:26:47.731 --> 00:26:51.443 align:center
You stop being a kid, so to speak.

00:26:53.611 --> 00:26:56.072 align:center
He lived with his parents until…

00:26:57.115 --> 00:26:59.701 align:center
2018, I think.

00:27:00.201 --> 00:27:03.913 align:center
And he would have lived
with his parents much longer.

00:27:03.997 --> 00:27:05.081 align:center
But…

00:27:06.708 --> 00:27:10.378 align:center
In fact, it was me who suggested
we live together, and he was like…

00:27:10.462 --> 00:27:11.629 align:center
"Why?"

00:27:12.589 --> 00:27:14.716 align:center
I was scared of…

00:27:14.799 --> 00:27:17.010 align:center
of that decision.

00:27:17.093 --> 00:27:18.887 align:center
But once it happened,

00:27:19.638 --> 00:27:20.472 align:center
it was great.

00:27:21.723 --> 00:27:24.142 align:center
She's the woman
I wanted to start a family with.

00:27:25.518 --> 00:27:29.064 align:center
And without a doubt,
her support was very important to me.

00:27:30.523 --> 00:27:32.817 align:center
I was happy
during those years of my career.

00:27:35.028 --> 00:27:39.574 align:center
I really enjoyed seeing myself
competing at the highest level.

00:27:43.036 --> 00:27:45.413 align:center
Rafa Nadal, he's got 18 in total.

00:27:45.997 --> 00:27:50.210 align:center
Wimbledon number five
for the Serbian superstar.

00:27:50.877 --> 00:27:53.672 align:center
Novak Djokovic's got 16.
Roger Federer with 20.

00:27:53.755 --> 00:27:55.632 align:center
It's remarkable that we see them

00:27:55.715 --> 00:27:57.258 align:center
produce the tennis that they do.

00:27:58.301 --> 00:28:02.722 align:center
They're playing in their prime,
they're all playing on every surface,

00:28:02.806 --> 00:28:04.641 align:center
they're all winning all four majors…

00:28:04.724 --> 00:28:06.559 align:center
You say, "Boy, how lucky we are."

00:28:06.643 --> 00:28:09.979 align:center
And then you say,
"Well, no, it's not in a vacuum."

00:28:10.063 --> 00:28:13.608 align:center
The one reason they're staying out there
is because they were pushing each other.

00:28:13.692 --> 00:28:16.444 align:center
"Well, shit, this guy's
still winning multiple majors a year

00:28:16.528 --> 00:28:19.030 align:center
when he's closer
to age 40 than he is to 30."

00:28:19.114 --> 00:28:20.365 align:center
Like, "Why not me?"

00:28:20.448 --> 00:28:22.200 align:center
Three sets to two.

00:28:22.283 --> 00:28:24.786 align:center
He's the US Open champion!

00:28:25.787 --> 00:28:27.163 align:center
For the first time,

00:28:27.247 --> 00:28:32.127 align:center
the difference between
Nadal and Federer, just one.

00:28:32.877 --> 00:28:34.379 align:center
They're on their feet.

00:28:34.879 --> 00:28:38.383 align:center
Rafael Nadal serving
for a 13th Roland-Garros title

00:28:38.466 --> 00:28:41.261 align:center
and a 20th Grand Slam title.

00:28:43.555 --> 00:28:45.473 align:center
Game, set, and match, Nadal.

00:28:45.557 --> 00:28:50.437 align:center
In 2020, Rafael Nadal makes it 20.

00:28:51.104 --> 00:28:54.357 align:center
Defeats his great rival, Novak Djokovic.

00:29:04.367 --> 00:29:06.578 align:center
It's the miracle in Melbourne.

00:29:07.245 --> 00:29:09.289 align:center
An improbable comeback.

00:29:09.372 --> 00:29:11.916 align:center
Twenty-one major titles.

00:29:12.417 --> 00:29:15.795 align:center
The greatest player of all time.

00:29:17.881 --> 00:29:21.009 align:center
I was having an incredibly good feeling.

00:29:22.010 --> 00:29:24.679 align:center
I wanted to do
everything I could to keep it going.

00:29:27.265 --> 00:29:29.684 align:center
But after the Australian Open final,

00:29:31.811 --> 00:29:34.856 align:center
my body wasn't okay,
I wasn't feeling great.

00:29:42.155 --> 00:29:44.073 align:center
Hey, wait. Wait, wait…

00:29:46.951 --> 00:29:48.578 align:center
That leg will get better?

00:29:48.661 --> 00:29:50.997 align:center
-How are you, Rafa?
-Rafa, how's it going?

00:29:51.080 --> 00:29:53.833 align:center
I don't know,
we'll know in a few days, I don't…

00:29:53.917 --> 00:29:57.337 align:center
-Feeling good about it?
-I don't feel anything.

00:29:59.047 --> 00:30:00.507 align:center
Thank you, Rafa.

00:30:03.635 --> 00:30:06.804 align:center
The truth is
that we are all very surprised

00:30:06.888 --> 00:30:10.517 align:center
that he has been able
to play as long as he has.

00:30:11.768 --> 00:30:14.437 align:center
That foot has been degenerating
over the years.

00:30:14.521 --> 00:30:17.690 align:center
That's why there came a moment
when that foot said,

00:30:17.774 --> 00:30:19.275 align:center
"I can't take it anymore."

00:30:23.988 --> 00:30:25.949 align:center
Those were complicated months.

00:30:27.867 --> 00:30:29.327 align:center
Oh, he's got it!

00:30:29.410 --> 00:30:32.413 align:center
The apprentice finally beats the master.

00:30:32.497 --> 00:30:33.831 align:center
He played in Madrid

00:30:34.457 --> 00:30:35.291 align:center
and lost.

00:30:38.795 --> 00:30:40.880 align:center
He played in Rome

00:30:41.965 --> 00:30:42.799 align:center
and lost.

00:30:43.383 --> 00:30:47.178 align:center
His foot issue
seems like it's taken a toll on him.

00:30:47.762 --> 00:30:51.140 align:center
So he went
to Roland-Garros with many doubts.

00:30:51.224 --> 00:30:55.353 align:center
Twenty-one Grand Slams,
thirteen Roland Garros titles,

00:30:55.436 --> 00:30:58.982 align:center
the Spaniard Rafael Nadal!

00:30:59.065 --> 00:31:02.235 align:center
I was in constant pain.

00:31:02.819 --> 00:31:05.321 align:center
I think that for all of us,

00:31:05.405 --> 00:31:09.325 align:center
we were at a point
where it seemed like my career was…

00:31:09.826 --> 00:31:10.660 align:center
over.

00:31:13.913 --> 00:31:18.251 align:center
It was very clear
his body couldn't take it anymore.

00:31:18.334 --> 00:31:20.920 align:center
For once,
not getting the drop shot right, Nadal.

00:31:21.004 --> 00:31:24.007 align:center
And well mopped up by Jordan Thompson.

00:31:25.466 --> 00:31:28.094 align:center
He played the first match in pain,

00:31:29.846 --> 00:31:32.932 align:center
but, somehow, he won.

00:31:40.815 --> 00:31:44.861 align:center
Before the match,
I gave him a little anesthesia to play.

00:31:46.905 --> 00:31:48.323 align:center
But then he told me,

00:31:48.406 --> 00:31:52.410 align:center
"Listen, I really don't know
how we're going to be able to…

00:31:52.493 --> 00:31:54.329 align:center
to finish this tournament."

00:31:55.163 --> 00:31:56.289 align:center
"I'm in pain."

00:31:58.499 --> 00:32:02.754 align:center
The reality now was that the foot
no longer responded to those treatments.

00:32:04.839 --> 00:32:08.009 align:center
When I left the match, my father…

00:32:08.509 --> 00:32:10.303 align:center
had to carry me like this,

00:32:10.386 --> 00:32:12.013 align:center
on his shoulders, to the room.

00:32:13.514 --> 00:32:15.558 align:center
I was in a lot of pain.

00:32:16.601 --> 00:32:18.061 align:center
I didn't sleep at all.

00:32:19.562 --> 00:32:21.147 align:center
Not even for a minute.

00:32:22.273 --> 00:32:24.150 align:center
And I was thinking, nonstop thinking.

00:32:25.735 --> 00:32:29.030 align:center
First thing in the morning,
I called Ángel.

00:32:30.281 --> 00:32:31.324 align:center
I asked him,

00:32:32.033 --> 00:32:37.080 align:center
"Is there any way
to numb the sensory nerve

00:32:37.580 --> 00:32:40.708 align:center
without affecting the motor nerve?"

00:32:43.294 --> 00:32:46.547 align:center
And he said, "Yes, we can give it a try."

00:32:47.382 --> 00:32:49.300 align:center
But from a medical point of view,

00:32:49.384 --> 00:32:51.469 align:center
this is as far as we go.

00:32:51.552 --> 00:32:53.763 align:center
Because you can tear the tendon.

00:32:54.931 --> 00:32:57.475 align:center
They injected me here, here, here.

00:32:57.558 --> 00:33:01.229 align:center
In all the nerves that affected
this whole superficial area of the foot.

00:33:02.730 --> 00:33:05.358 align:center
I didn't know if it would really work,

00:33:05.441 --> 00:33:06.943 align:center
but I went to play.

00:33:08.653 --> 00:33:10.863 align:center
This is the one we were waiting for.

00:33:11.364 --> 00:33:13.324 align:center
And the moment has now arrived.

00:33:13.408 --> 00:33:16.786 align:center
The two of them are
up against each other for the 59th time.

00:33:16.869 --> 00:33:20.289 align:center
You knew he was doing
extreme measures to get himself to play.

00:33:20.790 --> 00:33:23.459 align:center
It turned out he was feeling nothing.
His foot was numb.

00:33:23.543 --> 00:33:25.128 align:center
Quite a risky thing, isn't it?

00:33:25.628 --> 00:33:26.879 align:center
To have no sensation.

00:33:27.630 --> 00:33:30.717 align:center
If your foot starts to go
the wrong direction, you won't even know.

00:33:38.683 --> 00:33:40.309 align:center
Come on!

00:33:41.644 --> 00:33:43.604 align:center
He knows that the pain is there.

00:33:44.188 --> 00:33:46.399 align:center
But it was clear to him

00:33:46.482 --> 00:33:50.111 align:center
that if I gave him enough
to be able to compete,

00:33:50.194 --> 00:33:53.448 align:center
he was going to compete to the death,
and he did.

00:34:00.163 --> 00:34:04.250 align:center
With Rafa, you know
that every match is "live or die."

00:34:06.252 --> 00:34:09.505 align:center
The level of the tenacity
brought out to the court.

00:34:09.589 --> 00:34:11.716 align:center
That match was unbelievable.

00:34:18.639 --> 00:34:21.267 align:center
And he's done it! Rafa Nadal!

00:34:21.350 --> 00:34:24.103 align:center
He has made it
to the Roland Garros semi-finals.

00:34:24.187 --> 00:34:27.315 align:center
He doesn't feel his foot
and he's winning this?

00:34:27.398 --> 00:34:29.609 align:center
I mean, what are you gonna tell me next?

00:34:29.692 --> 00:34:32.945 align:center
He's gonna play blindfolded,
and he's gonna win it also?

00:34:33.029 --> 00:34:34.155 align:center
It's like, come on!

00:34:34.864 --> 00:34:38.826 align:center
Rafa is on the verge
of clinching that 14th title,

00:34:38.910 --> 00:34:40.495 align:center
here at Roland Garros.

00:34:43.081 --> 00:34:45.917 align:center
Rafa has given absolutely everything.

00:34:47.877 --> 00:34:50.296 align:center
He has gifted us everything he had.

00:34:54.801 --> 00:34:58.221 align:center
I'm convinced that Rafa
went out on that court that day

00:34:58.304 --> 00:35:01.057 align:center
thinking that it might be
his last tennis match.

00:35:05.478 --> 00:35:07.146 align:center
Because otherwise,

00:35:07.230 --> 00:35:09.774 align:center
I don't see it as physically possible.

00:35:13.319 --> 00:35:17.240 align:center
The greatest becomes even greater.

00:35:19.992 --> 00:35:22.495 align:center
The man
who makes miracles on a daily basis

00:35:22.578 --> 00:35:24.789 align:center
has just written another page.

00:35:25.623 --> 00:35:27.917 align:center
I don't know if it was a miracle,
but close.

00:35:33.047 --> 00:35:35.049 align:center
He'd been through a lot just to get there.

00:35:35.133 --> 00:35:39.178 align:center
But I have to be honest,
I did have his retirement story written,

00:35:39.262 --> 00:35:40.429 align:center
like a lot of us did.

00:35:42.140 --> 00:35:45.643 align:center
And I had it on my computer.
And as he came to the microphone,

00:35:45.726 --> 00:35:49.230 align:center
the crowd was expecting something,
and I know all the journalists were.

00:35:49.313 --> 00:35:51.190 align:center
We were all kind of ready to…

00:35:51.274 --> 00:35:52.984 align:center
…hit "send" on these stories.

00:35:55.027 --> 00:35:57.864 align:center
I don't know what can happen
in the future,

00:35:57.947 --> 00:36:01.117 align:center
but I'm gonna keep fighting
to try to keep going.

00:36:01.200 --> 00:36:04.620 align:center
So, many thanks.
Thank you very much, everyone. Thank you.

00:36:04.704 --> 00:36:05.746 align:center
"Delete."

00:36:05.830 --> 00:36:07.748 align:center
Or "save for later." You know?

00:36:10.376 --> 00:36:13.963 align:center
That was a sign that we were
gonna go to some form of bitter end.

00:36:14.463 --> 00:36:18.384 align:center
Do you think you should have retired

00:36:18.467 --> 00:36:21.095 align:center
after Roland-Garros in 2022?

00:36:21.596 --> 00:36:22.722 align:center
Of course not.

00:36:24.932 --> 00:36:25.766 align:center
Why?

00:36:27.560 --> 00:36:29.812 align:center
I never wanted to stop.

00:36:29.896 --> 00:36:31.647 align:center
I always wanted to keep going.

00:36:32.940 --> 00:36:34.358 align:center
To me, it's very simple.

00:36:35.651 --> 00:36:37.653 align:center
I'm exploring my limits.

00:36:46.287 --> 00:36:47.455 align:center
Zverev?

00:36:47.538 --> 00:36:50.291 align:center
Zverev is confident, we know that…

00:36:50.374 --> 00:36:53.252 align:center
Exactly,
that's what I'm telling you, right?

00:36:53.336 --> 00:36:55.004 align:center
Today will be a great day.

00:36:56.756 --> 00:36:59.634 align:center
-Thank you, Rafa!
-Love you, Rafa!

00:37:08.392 --> 00:37:09.852 align:center
He hasn't complained?

00:37:09.936 --> 00:37:11.312 align:center
-Right now?
-Physically.

00:37:11.395 --> 00:37:12.230 align:center
No.

00:37:12.730 --> 00:37:16.359 align:center
-Well, I don't know if that's good.
-Not physically or anything else.

00:37:18.152 --> 00:37:19.528 align:center
He seems calm.

00:37:27.787 --> 00:37:29.330 align:center
Let's go see Daddy.

00:37:29.997 --> 00:37:31.874 align:center
Daddy.

00:37:33.000 --> 00:37:35.169 align:center
-Daddy!
-Daddy!

00:37:36.295 --> 00:37:38.756 align:center
We can bring a racket, but only one.

00:37:40.841 --> 00:37:43.052 align:center
It's gray and very wet,

00:37:43.135 --> 00:37:46.681 align:center
but we are gonna be shining
some fabulous tennis.

00:37:47.890 --> 00:37:50.851 align:center
If in a tournament
it is worth going out there

00:37:50.935 --> 00:37:53.354 align:center
to give everything and die for it,

00:37:53.437 --> 00:37:54.355 align:center
then it is Paris.

00:37:55.982 --> 00:37:58.651 align:center
The chances of him winning are very small.

00:37:58.734 --> 00:38:00.486 align:center
Gonna be tough for Rafa.

00:38:00.569 --> 00:38:03.614 align:center
He's put his body
through so much over the years.

00:38:14.083 --> 00:38:16.252 align:center
And 14 at Roland-Garros.

00:38:16.335 --> 00:38:18.879 align:center
2005, '06, '07, '08.

00:38:18.963 --> 00:38:20.131 align:center
2010.

00:38:20.214 --> 00:38:26.595 align:center
'11, '12, '13, '14, '17, '18, '19.

00:38:26.679 --> 00:38:29.390 align:center
2020 and 2022.

00:38:30.099 --> 00:38:31.726 align:center
Rafael Nadal!

00:38:33.394 --> 00:38:34.395 align:center
NEVER RETIRE PLEASE

00:38:34.478 --> 00:38:38.441 align:center
You can never
write Rafael Nadal off in Paris.

00:38:38.524 --> 00:38:39.567 align:center
Come on!

00:38:42.069 --> 00:38:44.113 align:center
The roof is shut on Chatrier,

00:38:44.196 --> 00:38:47.950 align:center
so it's going to be even more
of a cacophony of noise.

00:39:18.064 --> 00:39:20.066 align:center
That was clearly his nerves.

00:39:25.863 --> 00:39:27.406 align:center
What a start for Zverev.

00:39:41.504 --> 00:39:44.006 align:center
Rafael Nadal
hadn't dropped a set in practice.

00:39:44.965 --> 00:39:47.927 align:center
He has dropped the opening set
when it really matters.

00:39:48.010 --> 00:39:49.845 align:center
I can't believe it, man.

00:39:49.929 --> 00:39:51.806 align:center
It'll get better, you'll see.

00:39:52.681 --> 00:39:55.434 align:center
Come on, Gus, have a little faith.

00:39:58.062 --> 00:40:00.981 align:center
Despite everything
that has happened in my career,

00:40:01.065 --> 00:40:03.859 align:center
all the times I've been out of action,

00:40:04.360 --> 00:40:07.696 align:center
all the times it seemed
like my career was over,

00:40:08.197 --> 00:40:09.240 align:center
always,

00:40:09.323 --> 00:40:13.869 align:center
I've always kept the will to… to fight.

00:40:15.037 --> 00:40:16.247 align:center
Come on. Confidence!

00:40:16.330 --> 00:40:17.832 align:center
Come on!

00:40:31.595 --> 00:40:33.431 align:center
Yes! Come on! That's it!

00:40:33.514 --> 00:40:35.599 align:center
Suddenly, some momentum.

00:40:36.100 --> 00:40:37.935 align:center
Come on, focus, focus! Let's go!

00:40:38.018 --> 00:40:38.853 align:center
Come on!

00:40:42.690 --> 00:40:44.233 align:center
What a hold that is.

00:40:45.025 --> 00:40:47.611 align:center
Four brilliant points in a row for Nadal.

00:40:50.990 --> 00:40:52.158 align:center
Now he sees it.

00:40:52.241 --> 00:40:53.534 align:center
-Now he has faith.
-Yeah.

00:40:54.034 --> 00:40:55.870 align:center
He doesn't change, man.

00:41:00.166 --> 00:41:01.876 align:center
There's another stunner!

00:41:03.544 --> 00:41:06.714 align:center
We're going to see
a tie-breaker between these two.

00:41:21.520 --> 00:41:23.856 align:center
Nadal steals the point!

00:41:36.744 --> 00:41:37.786 align:center
Oh, no!

00:41:46.545 --> 00:41:48.797 align:center
Come on! Let's go!

00:41:48.881 --> 00:41:51.717 align:center
Nadal just never goes away, does he?

00:41:57.848 --> 00:42:00.100 align:center
Yeah, again he read the play, Zverev.

00:42:02.102 --> 00:42:04.188 align:center
He's on the ropes though, here, Nadal.

00:42:05.648 --> 00:42:08.067 align:center
Second set point for the German.

00:42:10.611 --> 00:42:11.862 align:center
Two sets, love, Zverev.

00:42:11.946 --> 00:42:15.115 align:center
Zverev now leads by two sets to love.

00:42:15.616 --> 00:42:18.202 align:center
I wonder how much
he's got left in the tank.

00:42:21.789 --> 00:42:24.792 align:center
-He's tired now.
-Yeah, he's very tired.

00:42:35.302 --> 00:42:39.557 align:center
I never thought
I'd be trying to play tennis

00:42:40.516 --> 00:42:42.226 align:center
at the age of 37.

00:42:48.774 --> 00:42:52.486 align:center
I know I don't need
to prove anything to anyone.

00:42:57.950 --> 00:42:59.577 align:center
Not even to myself.

00:43:01.453 --> 00:43:03.706 align:center
But I can't help it.

00:43:06.709 --> 00:43:08.168 align:center
This is my seal.

00:43:10.337 --> 00:43:11.589 align:center
That's who I am.

00:43:18.470 --> 00:43:19.471 align:center
Out!

00:43:19.555 --> 00:43:22.141 align:center
Game, set, and match, Zverev.

00:43:23.642 --> 00:43:26.520 align:center
Perhaps the last dance
for Rafa Nadal at Roland-Garros

00:43:26.604 --> 00:43:28.981 align:center
ends in defeat.

00:43:34.320 --> 00:43:36.030 align:center
Now the sun comes out!

00:43:38.657 --> 00:43:39.908 align:center
The sun came out!

00:43:40.409 --> 00:43:42.411 align:center
Rafael Nadal!

00:44:06.769 --> 00:44:08.437 align:center
Will he be back? We're unsure.

00:44:08.520 --> 00:44:10.689 align:center
But what a legacy he leaves behind.

00:44:10.773 --> 00:44:14.985 align:center
Fourteen times a champion
here at Roland-Garros.

00:44:41.053 --> 00:44:43.889 align:center
What did Daddy do?
Do you know what Daddy did, Rafelet?

00:44:44.932 --> 00:44:46.100 align:center
Wah, wah, wah…

00:44:47.476 --> 00:44:49.603 align:center
Daddy went like this. Wah!

00:44:55.275 --> 00:44:56.485 align:center
But anyways…

00:44:56.985 --> 00:44:59.196 align:center
This record will be tough…

00:45:00.906 --> 00:45:03.075 align:center
-Tough to beat?
-Yeah.

00:45:04.702 --> 00:45:06.787 align:center
I think it'll be harder, maybe I'm wrong,

00:45:06.870 --> 00:45:11.041 align:center
but I think it'll be harder
to surpass this one than Djokovic's 24.

00:45:11.542 --> 00:45:12.543 align:center
I bet.

00:45:16.463 --> 00:45:19.341 align:center
You never know, right?
But if I had to bet money,

00:45:19.842 --> 00:45:21.218 align:center
I think it'll take more time

00:45:21.301 --> 00:45:25.681 align:center
for someone to surpass 14 Roland-Garros
than 24 Grand Slams.

00:45:36.024 --> 00:45:39.445 align:center
No, it's not hard.
What you see stand out is not hard.

00:45:39.945 --> 00:45:42.531 align:center
It's soft. Touch. Look, do this.

00:45:43.031 --> 00:45:46.535 align:center
See? You see it swollen,
but it's not hard, it's soft.

00:45:49.246 --> 00:45:50.581 align:center
It's an alien, man.

00:46:04.511 --> 00:46:06.972 align:center
He says he doesn't know
if it's a good idea

00:46:07.055 --> 00:46:08.599 align:center
to play at the US Open.

00:46:08.682 --> 00:46:10.184 align:center
I just don't see it.

00:46:16.315 --> 00:46:18.609 align:center
-Big balloons?
-Those are balls.

00:46:18.692 --> 00:46:20.986 align:center
-Papa.
-There they go.

00:46:24.281 --> 00:46:25.783 align:center
It's very nice outside.

00:46:27.743 --> 00:46:29.495 align:center
It's really nice being here now.

00:46:36.794 --> 00:46:39.087 align:center
When he arrived
at Roland-Garros this year,

00:46:39.588 --> 00:46:42.090 align:center
we thought he was going to say goodbye.

00:46:46.720 --> 00:46:48.972 align:center
And then,
since he saw himself training well,

00:46:49.640 --> 00:46:52.184 align:center
he started thinking about going further.

00:46:59.858 --> 00:47:02.152 align:center
But obviously, deep down, I thought,

00:47:02.236 --> 00:47:04.446 align:center
"How are we going to continue like this?"

00:47:09.576 --> 00:47:11.286 align:center
I think he likes to suffer

00:47:11.787 --> 00:47:15.541 align:center
with the purpose
of overcoming that suffering.

00:47:18.001 --> 00:47:20.254 align:center
But at the end of his career,

00:47:20.337 --> 00:47:24.174 align:center
I think the suffering
no longer led to overcoming it.

00:47:25.926 --> 00:47:28.428 align:center
It was suffering
for the sake of suffering.

00:47:29.930 --> 00:47:34.768 align:center
And that's what, I think,
finally burned out the flame.

00:47:44.611 --> 00:47:47.489 align:center
It's Finals Day in Båstad.

00:47:47.573 --> 00:47:51.076 align:center
It's been a fair few matches
where he's looked not quite himself,

00:47:51.159 --> 00:47:52.870 align:center
looked almost down and out.

00:47:53.662 --> 00:47:55.455 align:center
He's moving very slowly.

00:48:00.335 --> 00:48:02.462 align:center
I think he had to go to the point where…

00:48:02.963 --> 00:48:06.550 align:center
it got painful to see
what he was becoming.

00:48:08.927 --> 00:48:11.138 align:center
He needs to feel the limitations.

00:48:11.847 --> 00:48:14.266 align:center
See balls that he once would have reached

00:48:14.349 --> 00:48:15.893 align:center
and whacked for winners

00:48:15.976 --> 00:48:17.477 align:center
no longer be reachable.

00:48:17.978 --> 00:48:22.816 align:center
And to see levels of play that,
for him, were once like breathing,

00:48:23.317 --> 00:48:25.527 align:center
now become impossible.

00:48:26.778 --> 00:48:28.989 align:center
Game, set, and match, Borges.

00:48:39.875 --> 00:48:42.544 align:center
Well, after losing in Båstad,

00:48:42.628 --> 00:48:45.881 align:center
Rafa wrote to us a few hours later.

00:48:48.967 --> 00:48:50.552 align:center
The message says,

00:48:50.636 --> 00:48:51.470 align:center
"Team…"

00:48:53.889 --> 00:48:55.641 align:center
"I'm not really good at these things,

00:48:55.724 --> 00:48:58.477 align:center
but today I really feel bad,
I'm shattered."

00:48:58.977 --> 00:49:00.854 align:center
"Apologies for today to everyone."

00:49:02.940 --> 00:49:06.318 align:center
"Honestly, I haven't been able
to find the energy to improve myself,

00:49:06.401 --> 00:49:07.486 align:center
or at least try to."

00:49:08.070 --> 00:49:09.946 align:center
"During the match, I decided to retire."

00:49:13.700 --> 00:49:14.910 align:center
"Thank you all for everything."

00:49:14.993 --> 00:49:18.830 align:center
"And although it doesn't make sense
to apologize at this point in my career,

00:49:18.914 --> 00:49:20.374 align:center
I do it because it's what I feel."

00:49:21.458 --> 00:49:23.126 align:center
"A big hug to everyone."

00:49:25.253 --> 00:49:28.799 align:center
After the match,
he locked himself in the bathroom

00:49:29.299 --> 00:49:32.427 align:center
and he was in bad shape.

00:49:36.598 --> 00:49:39.017 align:center
It's in his DNA to keep fighting.

00:49:39.643 --> 00:49:42.521 align:center
But it was in Båstad that he…

00:49:43.188 --> 00:49:46.108 align:center
he saw that he wasn't able to…

00:49:46.608 --> 00:49:48.235 align:center
do that anymore.

00:49:48.318 --> 00:49:51.905 align:center
What did he say
that made you feel, "It's over"?

00:49:52.406 --> 00:49:53.365 align:center
Those words.

00:49:53.448 --> 00:49:54.950 align:center
"I need to retire."

00:49:57.744 --> 00:49:58.995 align:center
Not "I have."

00:49:59.079 --> 00:50:00.205 align:center
Not "I want to."

00:50:00.288 --> 00:50:01.915 align:center
"I need to retire."

00:50:04.167 --> 00:50:06.503 align:center
Why? Just like that?

00:50:06.586 --> 00:50:07.963 align:center
It was obvious.

00:50:09.339 --> 00:50:11.758 align:center
He didn't recognize himself on the court.

00:50:12.467 --> 00:50:16.096 align:center
At that moment,
he saw that he couldn't give any more.

00:50:29.735 --> 00:50:33.113 align:center
In a way, when you say, "I'm retiring…"

00:50:36.116 --> 00:50:38.493 align:center
in the end, you're saying, "I surrender."

00:50:44.499 --> 00:50:48.670 align:center
You stop being what you've been
practically all your life.

00:50:51.965 --> 00:50:54.426 align:center
You go back to being just the person.

00:51:01.266 --> 00:51:02.934 align:center
Hi, everyone. Um…

00:51:03.018 --> 00:51:04.519 align:center
Well, I'm here to…

00:51:05.312 --> 00:51:06.605 align:center
let you all know

00:51:06.688 --> 00:51:09.274 align:center
something that I've been thinking about,

00:51:09.357 --> 00:51:12.611 align:center
uh… for a long time.

00:51:12.694 --> 00:51:15.113 align:center
And imagining what it would be like.

00:51:20.077 --> 00:51:22.370 align:center
I have decided that the Davis Cup final

00:51:22.454 --> 00:51:26.750 align:center
is going to be my last tournament
as a professional tennis player.

00:51:26.833 --> 00:51:29.836 align:center
Rafa! Rafa!

00:51:29.920 --> 00:51:35.217 align:center
Rafa! Rafa! Rafa!

00:51:38.678 --> 00:51:43.433 align:center
I've never lost the hope
that things would get better,

00:51:43.517 --> 00:51:48.188 align:center
as it had happened
many times throughout my career.

00:51:52.943 --> 00:51:54.361 align:center
But not this time.

00:52:05.664 --> 00:52:07.457 align:center
The question is…

00:52:09.584 --> 00:52:11.711 align:center
"Why keep going?"

00:52:28.270 --> 00:52:30.897 align:center
Welcome to this ceremony

00:52:30.981 --> 00:52:34.025 align:center
in honor of Rafael Nadal.

00:52:41.032 --> 00:52:43.910 align:center
I would be very unhappy

00:52:44.536 --> 00:52:49.541 align:center
if I thought I hadn't done everything
to fight until the end.

00:52:50.667 --> 00:52:53.170 align:center
That has always been my biggest fear.

00:52:54.629 --> 00:52:57.340 align:center
And now there is no fear… at all.

00:52:58.133 --> 00:53:01.052 align:center
Rafa! Rafa!

00:53:01.136 --> 00:53:03.597 align:center
Rafa! Rafa!

00:53:04.514 --> 00:53:05.640 align:center
Thank you.

00:53:05.724 --> 00:53:07.642 align:center
VICTORY BELONGS TO THE MOST TENACIOUS

00:53:07.726 --> 00:53:09.853 align:center
It's hard to start with just one person,

00:53:09.936 --> 00:53:11.271 align:center
but, Toni…

00:53:12.689 --> 00:53:15.942 align:center
you are the reason I'm here.

00:53:16.610 --> 00:53:20.238 align:center
Thank you for dedicating
a great part of your life

00:53:20.322 --> 00:53:21.948 align:center
to wanting to be with me.

00:53:22.449 --> 00:53:26.286 align:center
Training, talking, tricking me,

00:53:26.369 --> 00:53:29.289 align:center
making me suffer, making me laugh,

00:53:29.372 --> 00:53:31.291 align:center
and pushing me to the limit.

00:53:32.250 --> 00:53:36.713 align:center
What we have experienced
has not always been easy,

00:53:36.796 --> 00:53:39.049 align:center
but it has definitely been worth it.

00:54:05.158 --> 00:54:06.993 align:center
I have achieved my goal,

00:54:07.577 --> 00:54:10.080 align:center
which is to give my all…

00:54:16.044 --> 00:54:19.089 align:center
and to retire in peace…

00:54:19.923 --> 00:54:23.218 align:center
at ease with what my career has been.

00:54:28.515 --> 00:54:32.310 align:center
ROLAND-GARROS
MEN'S SINGLES

00:55:07.429 --> 00:55:08.471 align:center
Okay.
-GARROS
MEN'S SINGLES