“Somehow it was never enough” Rafael Nadal explains that his rivalry with Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic has extended their lives

rafael nadal It performed strongly in 2022. He chose 4 championships this year, including 2 Grand Slams (Australian Open and Roland Garros), bringing his score to 22 – an all-time record. That keeps him 1 ahead Novak Djokovicand 2 ahead Roger Federer. Two more titles were collected by Rafa in Melbourne and Acapulco. This year’s win-loss record is 39-8.

Rafa had participated in the Laver Cup, where he partnered with Roger Federer in the doubles event. This match was the last professional match of the Swiss Maestro’s illustrious career, and Rafa later revealed that he did not plan to play in the tournament due to injuries and only relented at Roger’s behest. The next day, he retired from the tournament “for personal reasons”. Later that month, he and his wife Xisca welcomed their first child, a son.

Rafa played the last event of the year at the ATP Finals. He finished the year as World No. 2 and the oldest year-end top 2 player.

The Spaniard is currently touring South America and entertaining his fans with a series of exhibition matches. On the Bogota stop, Nadal spoke at length to Eurosport about the longevity of his career and its direct relationship with Federer and Djokovic.

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Rafael Nadal ‘We’ve been pushing each other for years’ against longtime rivals Roger and Novak

The Big 3 of tennis are inextricably linked. You can’t talk about one or the other until the other two spontaneously appear in the conversation. And for good reason. The trio pushed each other’s boundaries, which raised the standards of men’s tennis. And each of them is aware of this fact and accepts it. They have repeatedly credited each other for the pinnacles of their own success. Recently, Rafa repeated this.

When asked about the future of his career given his injuries, Nadal said: “I don’t know what might happen in the future, I don’t know the consequences, time will tell. There are several reasons why we play longer at an older age. One is the professionalization of medicine and all sports, which means people have a larger team and more knowledge about what helps prolong their careers.”

Then he added “And there is one more thing: I think RogerNovak and I push each other and somehow that was never enough, we always had to make another effort. Rivalry [between us] it took us to extreme mental and tennis levels, and that’s one of the main reasons we kept going for so long.

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