Rafael Nadal (Translation): No, or I don't know. But Nadal doesn't play tennis so much as he works it, blistering the ball with annihilating force, lacing it with somersaulting topspin, and imposing his will on the opponent. (laugh) How many? We have also reached a stage in our lives where we are able to appreciate that it's not just about winning.
Yup, she's Mallorcan, too. I was told that for many years, I was told that because of the way I play, I would never have a very long career. The 34-year-old offers 60 Minutes a glimpse into his life.Were it not for the global pandemic, this would have marked the middle weekend of Wimbledon, the peak of the tennis season.
Actually, it's Mallorca, the largest of Spain's Balearic islands. Rafael Nadal hat sich ein neues "Spielzeug" zugelegt. Die Insel kulinarisch entdecken - Restaurant-Empfehlungen in Palma de Mallorca, im Osten, Südosten oder Südwesten. What is more intense? According to Spanish media reports, the tennis superstar Rafel Nadal purchased this Mallorca home in 2012 for about €4 million. Because I wasn't able to endure mentally the pain, the suffering, and the tension. And normal life makes me happy. "Rafael Nadal (Translation): Winning Wimbledon was a dream. "Mallorca and Manacor is my life," says Rafa Nadal, who has recently collected titles on clay, in Barcelona, Madrid and Monte Carlo.
Jon Wertheim: You've had some incredible victories and you've had some gutting losses. Maybe it's because he is back on top.
Tennis star Rafael Nadal calls on Spanish sports to help fight against covid-19 . He's fluent in English but expresses himself more freely in Spanish.Jon Wertheim: You are not laidback when you play tennis.Rafael Nadal (Translation): No. Weltnummer 2 gibt sein Bestes, um die körperliche Form zu erhalten, um sein Haus herum zu arbeiten und auch zu versuchen, mit seinen Lieben unterhalten zu bleiben. Jon Wertheim: You say you were tough. Unfortunately, in life more often, we remember the negative things because they have a greater impact on us. Nadal did admit to being jealous of Federer in one respect.
Nadal was an instant phenom. His relentless approach is strikingly effective and, as we first told you last January, strikingly at odds with the vibe on the Spanish island where he was born, lives now and vows never to leave. Rafael Nadal: This is the Port of Manacor. Nadal has earned a massive net worth of $180 Million. Nadal got another shot the following year, in what's been called the greatest match ever played. Here in Mallorca, we are like this. I think.
Toni Nadal: I wanted to prepare my nephew for the future. Jon Wertheim: You once said to me, 'If I don't feel doubt, I'm gonna be in trouble. A giant mansion with stunning views. So too did his parents, grandparents, uncles and aunts, three generations of Nadals living together - quite literally on top of each other - in an apartment block in the small town of Manacor. She helps run Nadal's charitable foundation and tends to avoid the public eye, though we found them together one night hosting a group of donors.Nadal took us to a plot of land he bought recently where he and his wife will eventually break ground on a new family home. Rafael Nadal was born in Mallorca and has always had an affinity with the sea Credit: Handout - Getty. A lot of people does.
I become Rafa Nadal the human being again.
Mallorcas Tennisprofi Rafael Nadal hat fünf Millionen Euro in den Kauf und die Modernisierung eines Vier-Sterne-Hotels investiert. In 2007, Nadal was close to dethroning the sport's reigning king, Roger Federer, to win the tournament for the first time. The world-renowned tennis player was born and raised in Manacor, a town on the east side of the island where in 2016 he opened the high-performance Rafa Nadal Academy.
The Rafa Nadal Academy is a sprawling complex for enthusiasts and aspiring pros. Carlos Moya is, naturally, a fellow Mallorcan. Maybe it was the effects of being back home. This is how I feel it.In 2019, the world felt it, perhaps the best six-month stretch of Nadal's career, even by his dizzyingly high standards.
A gorgeous mediteranian getaway for the superstar to soak up the sun at during his off season. Because there is nobody in the house, they come up and they come back. During a rain delay, Rafa conferred with his uncle.Toni Nadal (Translation): I'm telling you, at that point, I thought that Rafael was more likely to lose than to win. His family home is right around the corner. Nadal invited us to his hometown last December, during what passes for an off-season in tennis, five weeks most players use to rest up before the start of a new season.Most players, but not Rafa Nadal.