1 00:00:34,701 --> 00:00:36,953 Look at the lobster! 2 00:00:42,500 --> 00:00:44,627 -Have you told them yet? -No, not yet. 3 00:00:46,588 --> 00:00:47,714 I better tell them. 4 00:00:48,465 --> 00:00:49,883 That you're retiring? 5 00:00:49,966 --> 00:00:50,967 I should. 6 00:00:53,136 --> 00:00:56,264 But what if later you're…? 7 00:00:56,347 --> 00:00:57,807 Now? Or…? 8 00:00:57,891 --> 00:01:00,143 If you have to go to play there and all that. 9 00:01:02,729 --> 00:01:03,938 Ready? 10 00:01:07,567 --> 00:01:09,110 Grandma's very good at this! 11 00:01:11,071 --> 00:01:12,906 Hey… she's a champion. 12 00:01:13,656 --> 00:01:15,116 Wait! 13 00:01:16,451 --> 00:01:18,369 I believe I need to retire 14 00:01:18,912 --> 00:01:20,955 after Roland-Garros. 15 00:01:22,832 --> 00:01:25,210 Do you even want to play in the tournament? 16 00:01:25,293 --> 00:01:27,504 I think that's difficult, Mom. 17 00:01:30,924 --> 00:01:33,760 Don't tell anyone… 18 00:01:33,843 --> 00:01:36,096 I mean, no one. 19 00:01:38,056 --> 00:01:40,225 I have to accept… 20 00:01:42,477 --> 00:01:44,354 Accept reality. 21 00:01:45,313 --> 00:01:46,523 In the end… 22 00:01:47,273 --> 00:01:49,234 I think the party's gone on… 23 00:01:52,529 --> 00:01:53,446 long enough. 24 00:01:55,073 --> 00:01:57,075 Longer than you thought. 25 00:01:58,284 --> 00:01:59,285 Yeah. 26 00:02:00,286 --> 00:02:01,830 Are you feeling calm? 27 00:02:02,330 --> 00:02:04,791 I don't know. I guess. 28 00:02:23,560 --> 00:02:25,895 Damn the fucking net, damn it. 29 00:02:26,771 --> 00:02:29,065 Damn the fucking net. 30 00:02:29,566 --> 00:02:31,734 I can't make that mistake… 31 00:02:32,318 --> 00:02:34,445 under any circumstances. 32 00:02:34,529 --> 00:02:37,532 If he's playing well and makes two shitty shots… 33 00:02:38,032 --> 00:02:39,617 he enters a… 34 00:02:41,327 --> 00:02:43,621 negative spiral he can't seem to escape from. 35 00:02:44,914 --> 00:02:47,250 Why do you move that slow, man? 36 00:02:48,084 --> 00:02:49,085 Fuck. 37 00:02:52,672 --> 00:02:54,090 Stop complaining. 38 00:02:54,174 --> 00:02:57,093 -Because in the end… -That doesn't help me at all. 39 00:02:57,177 --> 00:03:00,638 Exactly, dude. You get into a negative spiral you can't get out of. 40 00:03:01,556 --> 00:03:04,684 I know it's not easy to enjoy, but try… 41 00:03:04,767 --> 00:03:07,687 You absolutely have to do it in Paris, but start now. 42 00:03:07,770 --> 00:03:08,646 Remember, 43 00:03:08,730 --> 00:03:11,691 you don't know how many trainings you have left like today's. 44 00:03:13,067 --> 00:03:14,903 In the end, that's what's truly beautiful. 45 00:03:14,986 --> 00:03:16,988 Maybe in four or five years… you'll look back 46 00:03:18,156 --> 00:03:22,577 and wish you could relive these moments because you didn't enjoy them. 47 00:03:22,660 --> 00:03:25,872 And these are moments that will never happen again. 48 00:03:41,930 --> 00:03:44,224 It has been 715 days 49 00:03:44,307 --> 00:03:48,603 since Rafa Nadal stepped foot on the center court at Roland-Garros. 50 00:04:02,242 --> 00:04:05,870 It's the most special marriage in the history of world sports. 51 00:04:05,954 --> 00:04:09,791 Rafa Nadal, and the court where he has won 14 times… 52 00:04:11,084 --> 00:04:13,711 and where, we hope, it's not the last. 53 00:04:31,896 --> 00:04:32,939 Don't miss this one! 54 00:04:37,902 --> 00:04:39,654 -Come on, hang in there, Rafa. -Yeah. 55 00:04:43,199 --> 00:04:45,034 Throughout Rafa's career, 56 00:04:45,493 --> 00:04:48,288 there are times he is really hard on himself. 57 00:04:49,706 --> 00:04:51,708 During these situations like now, 58 00:04:51,958 --> 00:04:54,252 you try to be his friend, not his coach. 59 00:04:55,878 --> 00:05:00,091 There were some complicated and difficult years. 60 00:05:00,967 --> 00:05:03,720 And even though I wasn't on his team, 61 00:05:03,803 --> 00:05:07,265 I was aware of what he was going through. 62 00:05:15,189 --> 00:05:17,233 2015 was the worst year. 63 00:05:18,568 --> 00:05:21,362 Up to that point, it was the only time in my career 64 00:05:21,446 --> 00:05:24,532 that I played the clay court season without winning a single tournament. 65 00:05:27,201 --> 00:05:30,788 I had less energy, less ability to concentrate… 66 00:05:31,372 --> 00:05:33,791 Something was clearly not working properly. 67 00:05:35,418 --> 00:05:37,211 I went out on the court thinking, 68 00:05:37,462 --> 00:05:39,547 "Let's see what happens today." 69 00:05:53,770 --> 00:05:55,897 He has always lived with anxiety, 70 00:05:55,980 --> 00:05:59,942 but not as much as in this period. 71 00:06:00,902 --> 00:06:04,489 I remember he wasn't able to stay focused on the ball, 72 00:06:04,572 --> 00:06:07,408 he would toss it and not see it. 73 00:06:15,541 --> 00:06:17,085 I had no control. 74 00:06:24,926 --> 00:06:27,637 I thought, "I'm making a fool of myself." 75 00:06:31,099 --> 00:06:34,352 And that match is a reflection of 76 00:06:35,395 --> 00:06:37,980 what my day-to-day life had been like… 77 00:06:38,064 --> 00:06:39,524 for months. 78 00:06:44,028 --> 00:06:46,614 Game, set, match, Djokovic. 79 00:06:56,958 --> 00:06:59,836 After 70 victories and 2 losses on the clay of Paris, 80 00:06:59,919 --> 00:07:02,755 Nadal has fallen to 10th place in the ATP rankings. 81 00:07:06,551 --> 00:07:08,886 I came close to… 82 00:07:08,970 --> 00:07:11,472 stop playing tennis for a while. 83 00:07:13,266 --> 00:07:15,435 I was tired from my day-to-day life. 84 00:07:18,771 --> 00:07:19,814 But… 85 00:07:20,314 --> 00:07:22,108 Toni wasn't very… 86 00:07:22,191 --> 00:07:23,985 Let's say he wasn't 87 00:07:24,068 --> 00:07:25,903 a great lover of breaks. 88 00:07:29,407 --> 00:07:34,120 He believed that the straightest path to recovery 89 00:07:34,620 --> 00:07:37,165 was to try to carry on playing tennis. 90 00:07:41,961 --> 00:07:46,132 I always say, "I've never seen anyone progress by resting." 91 00:07:46,215 --> 00:07:48,050 Because when I lose, 92 00:07:48,134 --> 00:07:49,886 I think we need to train. 93 00:07:56,142 --> 00:07:58,102 Was this a hard training? 94 00:07:58,186 --> 00:07:59,979 This is a lot harder than playing. 95 00:08:01,522 --> 00:08:04,192 But at least this way, you guarantee that when you get to the court, 96 00:08:04,275 --> 00:08:05,526 you are in condition. 97 00:08:06,027 --> 00:08:07,028 Or not. 98 00:08:13,367 --> 00:08:14,785 I talked to Toni. 99 00:08:15,036 --> 00:08:18,372 I told him that he had to rest more, 100 00:08:18,456 --> 00:08:19,957 ideas about managing workload… 101 00:08:22,168 --> 00:08:24,504 But Toni didn't like that, I guess. 102 00:08:25,713 --> 00:08:27,548 The only thing I said was, 103 00:08:28,049 --> 00:08:29,967 "We need to work more." 104 00:08:31,427 --> 00:08:34,263 He always thought that everything that was there to protect Rafael 105 00:08:34,347 --> 00:08:37,099 would weaken him as a competitor. 106 00:08:39,519 --> 00:08:41,896 I was most concerned about the mental part 107 00:08:41,979 --> 00:08:43,898 because it's all tied together. 108 00:08:46,651 --> 00:08:49,237 In his daily life, it affected him 109 00:08:49,320 --> 00:08:51,113 not being able to escape 110 00:08:51,405 --> 00:08:53,324 his state of anxiety. 111 00:08:55,159 --> 00:08:58,996 I remember around that time he always needed to have water with him. 112 00:08:59,080 --> 00:09:02,250 We couldn't get in the car without water 113 00:09:02,333 --> 00:09:04,460 or he felt like he was choking. 114 00:09:04,544 --> 00:09:07,338 If I didn't have a bottle of water in my hand, 115 00:09:07,838 --> 00:09:09,382 I couldn't swallow. 116 00:09:09,465 --> 00:09:11,467 My throat would go dry 117 00:09:12,843 --> 00:09:15,638 and I would choke on my own saliva. 118 00:09:17,890 --> 00:09:19,433 I knew it was anxiety, 119 00:09:19,934 --> 00:09:22,562 but I couldn't find a solution. 120 00:09:34,699 --> 00:09:38,035 I tried to make myself believe that things were getting better, 121 00:09:38,119 --> 00:09:40,121 but, really… 122 00:09:41,372 --> 00:09:42,206 I couldn't. 123 00:09:54,468 --> 00:09:56,929 If you have anxiety, you have anxiety. 124 00:10:00,600 --> 00:10:02,727 I didn't give it much importance. 125 00:10:03,436 --> 00:10:07,982 I think, "Well… if we work, we'll get out of this." 126 00:10:20,244 --> 00:10:25,082 Those two years were the most difficult of my entire career. 127 00:10:27,376 --> 00:10:30,254 I did have to go to… 128 00:10:30,755 --> 00:10:32,089 to… 129 00:10:33,007 --> 00:10:34,300 to a psychiatrist. 130 00:10:36,469 --> 00:10:38,846 He said it was probably due to 131 00:10:38,929 --> 00:10:41,891 all these years of high demand, 132 00:10:42,767 --> 00:10:47,229 and constantly living with… a feeling of stress. 133 00:10:49,106 --> 00:10:52,818 The relationship with Toni on a professional level 134 00:10:52,902 --> 00:10:54,070 wasn't bad, 135 00:10:57,114 --> 00:11:00,368 but maybe I needed 136 00:11:00,868 --> 00:11:05,623 my head to hear a different message. 137 00:11:07,583 --> 00:11:09,877 The conclusion was reached 138 00:11:09,960 --> 00:11:14,715 that it was necessary to incorporate another person to the team. 139 00:11:17,259 --> 00:11:19,345 It was my father who called Toni. 140 00:11:20,096 --> 00:11:23,224 If it was just me, I wouldn't have been able to do it. 141 00:11:27,228 --> 00:11:28,938 It was a difficult feeling for me, 142 00:11:29,021 --> 00:11:30,815 a very difficult decision, 143 00:11:30,898 --> 00:11:33,025 because I believed that… 144 00:11:34,026 --> 00:11:36,821 I had the feeling that 145 00:11:36,904 --> 00:11:40,408 incorporating someone else to the team was hurting Toni. 146 00:11:41,992 --> 00:11:45,162 You keep doing more of the same, 147 00:11:45,246 --> 00:11:49,375 and maybe there will come a time that you need to do something else. 148 00:11:50,334 --> 00:11:52,878 Toni is my brother, but… 149 00:11:52,962 --> 00:11:56,090 my son comes first. 150 00:11:58,342 --> 00:12:01,095 Toni maybe wasn't happy about it, 151 00:12:02,346 --> 00:12:07,351 but we understood it would be beneficial for Rafa. 152 00:12:09,729 --> 00:12:14,734 And from there, began the idea of bringing in… 153 00:12:15,234 --> 00:12:16,235 Carlos. 154 00:12:28,873 --> 00:12:33,252 As a child, Carlos was someone I admired very much. 155 00:12:35,337 --> 00:12:37,590 WE'RE WITH YOU, CARLOS 156 00:12:42,261 --> 00:12:45,806 Carlos is the first number one in the history of Spain 157 00:12:45,890 --> 00:12:47,475 and he's from Mallorca. 158 00:12:47,975 --> 00:12:50,978 When you see Carlos Moyá, what do you think? 159 00:12:51,687 --> 00:12:53,522 That I'd like to be like him. 160 00:12:55,149 --> 00:12:57,860 I came to the tour when I was very young. 161 00:12:58,903 --> 00:13:03,157 And the only person I really knew was Carlos. 162 00:13:07,286 --> 00:13:10,456 I always had the feeling that Carlos wanted the best for me. 163 00:13:12,166 --> 00:13:14,877 He was a good person, humble, quiet. 164 00:13:15,377 --> 00:13:19,089 I always tried to help him, to give him advice if he asked. 165 00:13:19,673 --> 00:13:23,594 This bit goes up. It slides all the way up because of how I play. 166 00:13:24,094 --> 00:13:26,555 You know you need to put that red tape here? 167 00:13:29,600 --> 00:13:32,353 I saw that he was a player capable of 168 00:13:32,436 --> 00:13:34,605 beating anyone on tour. 169 00:13:51,622 --> 00:13:54,166 It was already clear that he was going to surpass me, 170 00:13:54,250 --> 00:13:58,838 but I never wanted to hold him back or pull him down. 171 00:13:59,839 --> 00:14:01,632 Hey, you have to go left. 172 00:14:02,842 --> 00:14:04,343 It's to the left! 173 00:14:05,261 --> 00:14:06,637 Son of a bitch! 174 00:14:11,141 --> 00:14:13,060 But when he decided 175 00:14:13,352 --> 00:14:15,312 that I should join the team, 176 00:14:15,604 --> 00:14:17,606 it was a bit of a surprise to me. 177 00:14:20,401 --> 00:14:23,821 I went to Palma to have dinner with him, and we talked for… 178 00:14:23,904 --> 00:14:26,156 three hours about what he thought I needed, 179 00:14:26,240 --> 00:14:29,827 what he thought he could contribute. 180 00:14:31,120 --> 00:14:33,956 He hadn't won a Grand Slam in two years. 181 00:14:34,039 --> 00:14:36,834 I told him, "I think you can win Grand Slams again 182 00:14:36,917 --> 00:14:39,044 and I think you can be number one again." 183 00:14:39,128 --> 00:14:42,464 I left the meeting, convinced that… 184 00:14:43,382 --> 00:14:45,634 That it was a good decision 185 00:14:46,051 --> 00:14:47,303 for him to join the team. 186 00:14:50,055 --> 00:14:53,183 Carlos joined the team at the end of the year. 187 00:14:53,767 --> 00:14:59,231 The idea was that Carlos and Toni would work as a team. 188 00:15:00,316 --> 00:15:03,694 In the end, I understand that… 189 00:15:04,403 --> 00:15:07,406 if there aren't sufficiently good results 190 00:15:07,489 --> 00:15:08,991 and you want a change, 191 00:15:09,074 --> 00:15:12,161 I think change is… 192 00:15:12,244 --> 00:15:14,580 Change is good. 193 00:15:15,164 --> 00:15:16,916 He is already 30 years old when I come in, 194 00:15:16,999 --> 00:15:20,502 so he has to forget what has worked for him before. 195 00:15:21,462 --> 00:15:23,923 We change the training system a little bit. 196 00:15:25,049 --> 00:15:28,719 He thought we needed to train for less time, 197 00:15:28,802 --> 00:15:32,681 but in a more specific way, the elements that I needed. 198 00:15:33,182 --> 00:15:34,600 We have always been told 199 00:15:34,683 --> 00:15:38,979 that Rafa needs to play more matches to gain confidence. 200 00:15:39,772 --> 00:15:44,068 But he's so good, that for me, he didn't need so many matches. 201 00:15:44,735 --> 00:15:49,448 The first Grand Slam matches he can use to get rhythm, 202 00:15:49,949 --> 00:15:51,325 to get confidence. 203 00:15:52,159 --> 00:15:55,162 Our first tournament is the Australian Open. 204 00:15:57,748 --> 00:16:01,543 "I'm happy to return to the competition," Rafa Nadal declared. 205 00:16:08,592 --> 00:16:11,679 At the press level, or the commentator level, 206 00:16:11,762 --> 00:16:13,806 Carlos begins to take center stage. 207 00:16:13,889 --> 00:16:16,642 Very strong mentally, very strong believing in himself, 208 00:16:16,725 --> 00:16:19,061 and that's the Rafa we want to see. 209 00:16:23,482 --> 00:16:26,485 Let me tell you, in 2017, from the very first moment, 210 00:16:26,568 --> 00:16:28,904 we could see that something was coming back. 211 00:16:42,209 --> 00:16:44,753 I've never seen anyone ever 212 00:16:44,837 --> 00:16:46,547 have as much confidence in Rafa 213 00:16:47,715 --> 00:16:49,133 as Carlos Moyá. 214 00:16:54,304 --> 00:16:56,390 Many times before matches, I told him, 215 00:16:56,473 --> 00:16:57,850 "Remember who you are." 216 00:16:59,018 --> 00:17:02,521 "Make your rival see who he's playing." 217 00:17:03,897 --> 00:17:06,316 "What you've already done is incredible." 218 00:17:09,862 --> 00:17:12,406 "Make them see that history." 219 00:17:19,705 --> 00:17:21,373 The tenth is in the bag! 220 00:17:29,798 --> 00:17:33,761 From this point on, I think his perspective changes. 221 00:17:35,304 --> 00:17:37,056 It enters his mind that… 222 00:17:39,475 --> 00:17:43,771 "I'm back to being the same Rafa Nadal that I was during all these years." 223 00:17:49,109 --> 00:17:50,110 Hold it there. 224 00:17:55,032 --> 00:17:57,451 Now push harder. 225 00:18:18,847 --> 00:18:24,978 Unbelievable. 6,000 people watching Rafa Nadal train. 226 00:18:26,063 --> 00:18:27,523 I'm getting goose bumps. 227 00:18:40,244 --> 00:18:42,830 Stay positive and find a way, 228 00:18:42,913 --> 00:18:44,957 because you will find it. 229 00:18:58,804 --> 00:19:01,181 You come to a court just to train, 230 00:19:02,975 --> 00:19:05,185 and it's totally packed. 231 00:19:05,769 --> 00:19:07,271 And they sing your name. 232 00:19:08,605 --> 00:19:09,690 Beautiful, isn't it? 233 00:19:09,773 --> 00:19:13,735 How the hell would this guy stop playing tennis after this? 234 00:19:15,612 --> 00:19:17,364 Come on, win the point. 235 00:19:20,993 --> 00:19:22,119 That's my player. 236 00:19:22,953 --> 00:19:24,830 -Bravo. -So good, man. 237 00:19:24,913 --> 00:19:25,873 Good quality, good. 238 00:19:39,136 --> 00:19:40,804 Rafa is training really well. 239 00:19:42,181 --> 00:19:44,516 He's still doing three-hour sessions every day. 240 00:19:44,600 --> 00:19:46,768 He's won every set he's played. 241 00:19:57,279 --> 00:19:58,113 Kiss. 242 00:19:59,615 --> 00:20:01,033 Go with Daddy? 243 00:20:01,116 --> 00:20:03,493 He's very sweaty. 244 00:20:03,577 --> 00:20:05,704 It's okay with Daddy. 245 00:20:33,941 --> 00:20:36,151 The logical thing is for me to retire. 246 00:20:36,360 --> 00:20:37,194 But… 247 00:20:37,277 --> 00:20:40,697 it would make me sad to retire without having tried everything. 248 00:20:41,156 --> 00:20:44,618 My body has evolved positively these last few weeks. 249 00:20:44,701 --> 00:20:46,036 The family is happy, 250 00:20:46,119 --> 00:20:48,288 I'm happy playing, I'm having a good time right now. 251 00:20:48,664 --> 00:20:52,417 To say this Roland-Garros will be my last… I mean, I can't tell you 100%. 252 00:20:53,502 --> 00:20:54,628 I can perform. You know? 253 00:21:01,593 --> 00:21:03,553 Good morning everyone. 254 00:21:03,637 --> 00:21:08,308 Thank you and welcome to the iconic Roland-Garros tournament. 255 00:21:09,268 --> 00:21:11,520 We will now begin the final draw. 256 00:21:13,188 --> 00:21:15,148 It's a very important draw. 257 00:21:15,232 --> 00:21:19,945 From the first match, he could play any player in the world. 258 00:21:21,238 --> 00:21:23,865 The picture isn't complete… because we need the seeded players. 259 00:21:24,366 --> 00:21:26,952 But it's already very interesting. 260 00:21:38,297 --> 00:21:41,383 Seeded players number three and four. 261 00:21:57,733 --> 00:21:58,859 And the news of the day 262 00:21:58,942 --> 00:22:03,864 is the bad luck that Rafa Nadal had in the Roland-Garros draw. 263 00:22:03,947 --> 00:22:07,576 His first match will be against Zverev, No. 4 in the world. 264 00:22:09,369 --> 00:22:11,788 -Isn't the draw nice? -It is what it is. 265 00:22:11,872 --> 00:22:14,082 Easy draw. 266 00:22:15,042 --> 00:22:16,043 Zverev. 267 00:22:16,126 --> 00:22:18,837 -The first one? -The first one. 268 00:22:19,963 --> 00:22:23,717 Well, it's obviously not the draw you want. 269 00:22:31,099 --> 00:22:33,685 -How is he taking it? -Well. 270 00:22:34,436 --> 00:22:37,272 He said, "I came to win the tournament." 271 00:22:41,318 --> 00:22:42,819 Rafa, you are the best player. 272 00:22:44,029 --> 00:22:45,614 We love you so much in France. 273 00:23:08,095 --> 00:23:12,099 I think Nadal can fight to be No. 1 in the world again. 274 00:23:13,517 --> 00:23:15,018 Bringing Carlos to the team… 275 00:23:15,519 --> 00:23:17,062 I think it went well 276 00:23:17,145 --> 00:23:18,438 at the beginning. 277 00:23:21,566 --> 00:23:23,527 I remember one day we were training in Manacor, 278 00:23:24,403 --> 00:23:28,573 Toni was at some conference abroad… 279 00:23:29,199 --> 00:23:31,201 Someone checks his cell phone 280 00:23:31,701 --> 00:23:34,371 and says that Toni issued some statement. 281 00:23:35,080 --> 00:23:38,291 Toni Nadal will stop coaching Rafa Nadal at the end of the season… 282 00:23:38,375 --> 00:23:40,377 And in the press, he said… 283 00:23:41,336 --> 00:23:44,965 That he was no longer working with me. That it was going to be his last year. 284 00:23:46,883 --> 00:23:47,968 That's how we found out. 285 00:23:48,051 --> 00:23:49,845 Rafa didn't know, I didn't know. 286 00:23:49,928 --> 00:23:51,388 He didn't say anything to anybody. 287 00:23:51,471 --> 00:23:53,265 We found out from the press. 288 00:23:55,100 --> 00:23:59,980 It wasn't what I was looking for when I brought Carlos into the team. 289 00:24:00,814 --> 00:24:03,233 For me, it wasn't like Carlos comes and Toni leaves. 290 00:24:14,327 --> 00:24:18,290 I think the most normal thing would have been for him to have told us 291 00:24:18,373 --> 00:24:19,916 before the press, 292 00:24:20,000 --> 00:24:21,960 but… I guess he has his reasons. 293 00:24:22,043 --> 00:24:23,795 What can I do about it? 294 00:24:25,839 --> 00:24:28,508 I like to feel useful in life. 295 00:24:28,592 --> 00:24:31,887 I don't like being in a place 296 00:24:31,970 --> 00:24:34,306 where, in the end, 297 00:24:34,389 --> 00:24:38,059 I feel like what I can offer is very little. 298 00:24:38,643 --> 00:24:42,189 That's why I made the decision to leave. 299 00:24:42,689 --> 00:24:47,027 That must have been a shock for him? 300 00:24:47,110 --> 00:24:48,111 I don't think so. 301 00:24:50,405 --> 00:24:51,615 I felt… 302 00:24:52,491 --> 00:24:54,576 a bit of shock, of course. 303 00:24:58,121 --> 00:24:59,998 Toni was my uncle and… 304 00:25:00,582 --> 00:25:02,292 the influence he had on me 305 00:25:02,876 --> 00:25:05,795 was far greater than any other person has ever had. 306 00:25:08,089 --> 00:25:10,550 In a way, I felt scared 307 00:25:11,218 --> 00:25:14,679 to learn how I'm going to react without Toni. 308 00:25:31,238 --> 00:25:32,280 2017, 309 00:25:32,906 --> 00:25:34,491 I won the US Open. 310 00:25:35,742 --> 00:25:37,494 We finished the year number one. 311 00:25:39,204 --> 00:25:40,956 I think he had to evolve 312 00:25:41,039 --> 00:25:44,709 and change his perception of himself. 313 00:25:45,961 --> 00:25:47,546 And I think that's the reason 314 00:25:47,629 --> 00:25:51,258 he was so successful playing in his thirties. 315 00:25:58,014 --> 00:26:00,433 I think in some ways it gave him 316 00:26:00,517 --> 00:26:02,894 an extra belief in himself. 317 00:26:17,492 --> 00:26:20,996 I lived the last years of my career, I would say, with a little more of… 318 00:26:21,079 --> 00:26:22,998 a feeling of freedom 319 00:26:25,041 --> 00:26:26,251 and less stress… 320 00:26:26,751 --> 00:26:28,211 than when Toni was around. 321 00:26:31,006 --> 00:26:33,967 He learned to relax a little bit. 322 00:26:36,052 --> 00:26:40,056 To have a day-to-day life where you can enjoy yourself. 323 00:26:42,976 --> 00:26:45,812 You are more mature at 30 years old. 324 00:26:45,895 --> 00:26:47,147 You are yourself. 325 00:26:47,856 --> 00:26:49,190 He stopped being 326 00:26:49,274 --> 00:26:51,860 the child, so to speak. 327 00:26:53,612 --> 00:26:56,072 He lived with his parents until… 328 00:26:57,115 --> 00:26:59,701 2018, I think. 329 00:27:00,201 --> 00:27:03,872 And he… would have lived with his parents much more, 330 00:27:03,955 --> 00:27:05,165 but… 331 00:27:06,708 --> 00:27:10,295 In fact, I was the one who suggested we move in together and he was like, 332 00:27:10,378 --> 00:27:11,379 "Why?" 333 00:27:12,505 --> 00:27:14,424 I was afraid… 334 00:27:14,924 --> 00:27:17,010 of that decision. 335 00:27:17,093 --> 00:27:18,845 But once it happened, 336 00:27:19,763 --> 00:27:20,722 everything is good. 337 00:27:21,681 --> 00:27:24,142 She was the woman I wanted to form a family with. 338 00:27:25,518 --> 00:27:29,481 And she was, without a doubt, a very important support for me. 339 00:27:30,565 --> 00:27:32,817 I was happy, those years of my career. 340 00:27:34,903 --> 00:27:38,114 I really enjoyed seeing that I was competing 341 00:27:38,198 --> 00:27:40,116 at the highest level. 342 00:29:17,464 --> 00:29:21,426 I was having an incredibly good feeling. 343 00:29:22,010 --> 00:29:25,263 I want to do whatever's possible to continue. 344 00:29:27,265 --> 00:29:29,684 But, after the Australian Open, 345 00:29:32,061 --> 00:29:33,730 my body wasn't doing well. 346 00:29:48,495 --> 00:29:50,997 Rafa, how is everything going? 347 00:29:51,080 --> 00:29:53,792 We will find out in a few days. 348 00:29:53,875 --> 00:29:56,294 Do you have a good feeling about it? 349 00:29:56,377 --> 00:29:57,754 I have no feeling at all. 350 00:30:03,510 --> 00:30:07,764 The truth is that we had all been very surprised 351 00:30:07,847 --> 00:30:10,433 he could play as long as he did. 352 00:30:11,768 --> 00:30:14,437 This foot has degenerated over the years. 353 00:30:14,521 --> 00:30:18,191 That's why there came a point when the foot said 354 00:30:18,274 --> 00:30:19,692 it couldn't take anymore. 355 00:30:23,863 --> 00:30:25,949 There were some complicated months. 356 00:30:32,497 --> 00:30:33,832 He played in Madrid 357 00:30:34,874 --> 00:30:36,167 and lost. 358 00:30:38,753 --> 00:30:40,755 He played in Rome 359 00:30:41,965 --> 00:30:42,799 and lost. 360 00:30:47,637 --> 00:30:50,932 So he went to Roland-Garros with many doubts. 361 00:30:51,850 --> 00:30:54,853 …21-time Grand Slam champion, winner of 13 Roland-Garros titles, 362 00:30:54,936 --> 00:30:58,481 the Spaniard Rafael Nadal! 363 00:30:58,982 --> 00:31:02,235 I was living with constant pain. 364 00:31:02,819 --> 00:31:05,321 I think that for all of us, 365 00:31:05,405 --> 00:31:08,783 we were almost at a point where it seemed like my career was… 366 00:31:09,826 --> 00:31:10,660 over. 367 00:31:13,580 --> 00:31:18,167 It was very clear that his body could not give any more. 368 00:31:24,966 --> 00:31:27,969 He played the first match in pain. 369 00:31:29,846 --> 00:31:31,890 But somehow… 370 00:31:31,973 --> 00:31:32,807 he won. 371 00:31:40,773 --> 00:31:41,941 Before the match, 372 00:31:42,275 --> 00:31:45,278 I gave him a little bit of anesthetic to play. 373 00:31:46,905 --> 00:31:48,823 But after, he tells me, 374 00:31:48,907 --> 00:31:54,329 "Ángel, I really don't know how we're going to finish this tournament." 375 00:31:55,079 --> 00:31:56,205 "I'm in pain." 376 00:31:58,458 --> 00:32:00,126 We find ourselves in a situation 377 00:32:00,209 --> 00:32:02,754 where the foot no longer responds to those treatments. 378 00:32:04,923 --> 00:32:06,883 When I left the match, 379 00:32:06,966 --> 00:32:09,969 my father… had to carry me 380 00:32:10,053 --> 00:32:12,430 on his shoulders to my room. 381 00:32:13,389 --> 00:32:15,558 I'm in so much pain. 382 00:32:16,434 --> 00:32:18,353 I don't sleep at all. 383 00:32:19,562 --> 00:32:21,439 Not even for a minute the whole night. 384 00:32:22,273 --> 00:32:24,150 And I'm thinking, thinking, thinking. 385 00:32:25,610 --> 00:32:27,528 First thing in the morning, 386 00:32:28,029 --> 00:32:29,030 I called Ángel 387 00:32:30,031 --> 00:32:31,449 and I asked him, 388 00:32:31,950 --> 00:32:37,080 "Is there any way to put the sensory nerve to sleep 389 00:32:37,580 --> 00:32:40,458 without affecting the motor nerve?" 390 00:32:43,294 --> 00:32:46,547 And he told me, "Yes, we can try it out." 391 00:32:47,423 --> 00:32:49,300 But medically, for me, 392 00:32:49,801 --> 00:32:51,469 this is as far as we go, 393 00:32:51,552 --> 00:32:53,680 because you could tear your tendon. 394 00:32:54,430 --> 00:32:58,142 They pricked me here, here, here in the nerves 395 00:32:58,226 --> 00:33:01,229 that were affecting the entire surface area of the foot. 396 00:33:02,522 --> 00:33:05,358 I didn't know if it would work. 397 00:33:05,441 --> 00:33:07,360 But I went to play. 398 00:33:41,644 --> 00:33:43,604 He knows that pain is there. 399 00:33:44,313 --> 00:33:46,733 But he was clear, that if 400 00:33:46,816 --> 00:33:50,611 I gave him enough to be able to compete, 401 00:33:50,695 --> 00:33:53,865 he was going to compete to the death. And he did. 402 00:34:18,639 --> 00:34:21,142 He's done it. Rafa Nadal! 403 00:34:21,225 --> 00:34:24,187 He makes it to the semifinals of Roland-Garros! 404 00:34:43,081 --> 00:34:45,333 Rafa gave absolutely everything. 405 00:34:47,835 --> 00:34:49,879 He gave us everything he had. 406 00:34:54,717 --> 00:34:56,427 I am convinced that Rafa 407 00:34:56,511 --> 00:34:58,721 went out on that court that day 408 00:34:58,805 --> 00:35:01,057 thinking that maybe it was his last tennis match. 409 00:35:05,394 --> 00:35:07,146 Because otherwise, 410 00:35:07,230 --> 00:35:09,774 I don't see it as physically possible. 411 00:35:19,283 --> 00:35:21,911 The man who makes miracles a daily thing, 412 00:35:21,994 --> 00:35:23,996 has just written another page. 413 00:35:25,623 --> 00:35:27,917 I don't know if it's a miracle, but almost. 414 00:36:14,422 --> 00:36:16,716 Do you wish you had retired 415 00:36:16,799 --> 00:36:21,512 after Roland-Garros in 2022? 416 00:36:21,596 --> 00:36:22,722 Of course not. 417 00:36:25,016 --> 00:36:26,017 Why would I? 418 00:36:27,351 --> 00:36:29,812 I never thought about stopping. 419 00:36:30,188 --> 00:36:31,689 I always wanted to continue. 420 00:36:32,857 --> 00:36:34,483 For me, it's very simple. 421 00:36:35,651 --> 00:36:37,612 I am exploring my limits. 422 00:36:47,371 --> 00:36:50,333 If we're talking about Zverev, he comes in with confidence, and … 423 00:36:53,419 --> 00:36:55,213 Today will be a great day. 424 00:37:08,351 --> 00:37:09,852 He hasn't complained about anything. 425 00:37:09,936 --> 00:37:11,854 -Here? -About physical stuff. 426 00:37:12,730 --> 00:37:16,359 -I don't know if that's good. -Not the body or anything else. 427 00:37:18,110 --> 00:37:19,487 He seems calm to me, man. 428 00:37:27,787 --> 00:37:29,455 Let's go see Daddy. 429 00:37:29,997 --> 00:37:31,666 Daddy! 430 00:37:33,084 --> 00:37:34,085 Daddy! 431 00:37:36,504 --> 00:37:38,756 We can bring a racket. But only one. 432 00:38:14,083 --> 00:38:16,210 And 14 Roland-Garros titles, 433 00:38:16,294 --> 00:38:19,380 in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 434 00:38:19,463 --> 00:38:22,591 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 435 00:38:22,675 --> 00:38:27,096 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 436 00:38:27,179 --> 00:38:28,723 and 2022. 437 00:39:18,064 --> 00:39:19,690 That was clearly nerves. 438 00:39:47,885 --> 00:39:49,762 I can't believe it, man. 439 00:39:49,845 --> 00:39:51,847 It'll get better. You'll see. 440 00:39:52,681 --> 00:39:55,142 Come on, Gus. Have some faith. 441 00:39:58,104 --> 00:40:00,981 Despite everything that has happened in my career, 442 00:40:01,065 --> 00:40:04,068 all the times I've been unable to play, 443 00:40:04,151 --> 00:40:07,947 all the times it seemed like it was over, 444 00:40:08,030 --> 00:40:09,240 I've always… 445 00:40:09,323 --> 00:40:13,869 I've always kept the determination to fight. 446 00:40:15,037 --> 00:40:16,247 Go, Rafael, confidence! 447 00:40:36,100 --> 00:40:37,935 Come on, focus! 448 00:40:38,018 --> 00:40:38,853 Let's go! 449 00:40:50,823 --> 00:40:52,324 Now he sees. 450 00:40:52,408 --> 00:40:53,951 He has faith now. 451 00:40:54,034 --> 00:40:55,786 How things change, man! 452 00:42:10,694 --> 00:42:11,862 Game, and second set, Zverev. 453 00:42:21,747 --> 00:42:23,249 He's tired. 454 00:42:23,332 --> 00:42:24,792 He's very tired. 455 00:42:35,177 --> 00:42:39,807 I would never have thought I would be 37 years old, 456 00:42:40,724 --> 00:42:42,226 trying to play tennis. 457 00:42:48,774 --> 00:42:52,611 I know I don't need to prove anything to anyone… 458 00:42:57,950 --> 00:42:59,660 nor to myself either. 459 00:43:01,453 --> 00:43:03,831 But I can't stop myself. 460 00:43:06,792 --> 00:43:08,002 This is my stamp. 461 00:43:10,504 --> 00:43:11,589 This is me. 462 00:43:19,555 --> 00:43:22,099 Game, set, and match, Zverev. 463 00:43:34,320 --> 00:43:35,779 Now the sun came out. 464 00:43:38,449 --> 00:43:39,908 The sun came out! 465 00:44:40,969 --> 00:44:43,889 Do you know what Daddy did? 466 00:44:47,267 --> 00:44:48,602 Daddy went like this, see? 467 00:44:55,275 --> 00:44:56,694 But anyway… 468 00:44:56,777 --> 00:44:59,071 This record is gonna be hard. 469 00:45:00,948 --> 00:45:03,033 -To break? -Yes. 470 00:45:04,702 --> 00:45:08,080 I might be wrong, but I think it'll be harder 471 00:45:08,163 --> 00:45:10,833 to beat this one than Djokovic's 24. 472 00:45:16,255 --> 00:45:19,425 You never know, but if you were to make me bet money… 473 00:45:19,925 --> 00:45:23,220 I think it will take longer to beat 474 00:45:23,721 --> 00:45:26,265 14 Roland-Garros titles than 24 Grand Slams. 475 00:45:35,983 --> 00:45:37,109 It's not hard. 476 00:45:37,192 --> 00:45:39,486 I mean, what you see extra, it's not hard, man. 477 00:45:39,987 --> 00:45:42,281 It's soft. Touch it. Look, do this. 478 00:45:42,948 --> 00:45:44,032 See? 479 00:45:44,116 --> 00:45:46,535 What you see inflated isn't hard, it's soft. 480 00:45:49,204 --> 00:45:50,581 That's an alien, man. 481 00:46:04,511 --> 00:46:08,599 He says he doesn't know if he should play in the US Open. 482 00:46:08,682 --> 00:46:10,601 I don't really see it either. 483 00:46:24,198 --> 00:46:26,033 It's so pleasant right now. 484 00:46:27,743 --> 00:46:29,453 Being here right now is the best. 485 00:46:36,752 --> 00:46:39,296 When he arrived at Roland-Garros this year… 486 00:46:40,005 --> 00:46:42,216 we thought he was going to say goodbye. 487 00:46:46,637 --> 00:46:48,972 And then, as he saw himself training well, 488 00:46:49,723 --> 00:46:52,601 he thought about going even further. 489 00:46:59,566 --> 00:47:02,152 But of course, deep down, I thought, 490 00:47:02,236 --> 00:47:04,279 "How are we going to continue like this?" 491 00:47:09,535 --> 00:47:11,495 I think he likes to suffer 492 00:47:11,578 --> 00:47:15,541 with the intention of overcoming that suffering. 493 00:47:17,459 --> 00:47:18,752 But at the end of his career, 494 00:47:18,836 --> 00:47:20,921 I believe that the suffering… 495 00:47:21,004 --> 00:47:24,049 no longer led to the overcoming of that suffering. 496 00:47:25,717 --> 00:47:28,595 It was suffering for the sake of suffering. 497 00:47:29,805 --> 00:47:34,643 And that's what finally caused his end. 498 00:47:53,662 --> 00:47:55,622 He's moving really slow, man. 499 00:48:26,778 --> 00:48:28,989 Game, set, and match, Borges. 500 00:48:39,541 --> 00:48:42,502 Well, after the defeat in Båstad, 501 00:48:42,586 --> 00:48:45,881 Rafa wrote to us a few hours later. 502 00:48:48,967 --> 00:48:51,470 The message says, "Team…" 503 00:48:53,680 --> 00:48:57,476 "I'm not very given to these things, but it's true that I feel bad." 504 00:48:57,559 --> 00:48:58,477 "Obliterated." 505 00:48:58,977 --> 00:49:01,438 "Apologies for today to everyone." 506 00:49:02,856 --> 00:49:05,734 "The truth is I couldn't find the energy to overcome my limits, 507 00:49:05,817 --> 00:49:07,486 or at least try to." 508 00:49:08,070 --> 00:49:09,947 "During the match, I decided to retire." 509 00:49:13,533 --> 00:49:14,993 "Thank you all for everything, 510 00:49:15,077 --> 00:49:18,497 and although there is no point in apologizing at this point in my career, 511 00:49:18,580 --> 00:49:21,041 I do it because it's what I feel." 512 00:49:21,458 --> 00:49:22,918 "A big hug to all." 513 00:49:25,087 --> 00:49:26,922 After the match, 514 00:49:27,005 --> 00:49:29,216 he locked himself in the bathroom. 515 00:49:29,299 --> 00:49:30,217 And… 516 00:49:30,717 --> 00:49:32,427 he wasn't well. 517 00:49:36,723 --> 00:49:39,559 It's in his DNA to keep fighting. 518 00:49:39,643 --> 00:49:44,523 But at that moment, in Båstad, he saw that he was not… 519 00:49:44,606 --> 00:49:47,567 He saw that he wasn't able to do it anymore. 520 00:49:48,151 --> 00:49:52,280 What did he say that made it feel like, "It's over"? 521 00:49:52,364 --> 00:49:53,240 Those words. 522 00:49:53,323 --> 00:49:54,700 "I need to retire." 523 00:49:57,786 --> 00:50:00,163 Not "I have"… Not "I want to." 524 00:50:00,247 --> 00:50:01,790 "I have to retire." 525 00:50:04,126 --> 00:50:06,461 Why? Or no, only that. 526 00:50:06,545 --> 00:50:07,754 It was obvious. 527 00:50:09,339 --> 00:50:11,425 He didn't recognize himself on the court. 528 00:50:12,551 --> 00:50:16,013 At that moment, he saw that he couldn't give anything else. 529 00:50:29,609 --> 00:50:32,946 In some way, when you say, "I'm retiring…" 530 00:50:36,158 --> 00:50:38,285 you're saying, "I surrender." 531 00:50:44,332 --> 00:50:48,670 You stop being what you've been practically your whole life. 532 00:50:51,923 --> 00:50:54,843 You go back to simply being a person. 533 00:51:00,348 --> 00:51:01,516 Hello everyone. 534 00:51:02,893 --> 00:51:05,103 Well, I'm here to… 535 00:51:05,187 --> 00:51:09,608 to tell you something that I've spent some time 536 00:51:11,276 --> 00:51:14,863 imagining and thinking about for a while now. 537 00:51:19,868 --> 00:51:22,204 I have decided that the Davis Cup Finals 538 00:51:22,287 --> 00:51:26,750 will be my last tournament as a professional tennis player. 539 00:51:38,678 --> 00:51:44,226 I have always kept the hope that things would improve… 540 00:51:44,309 --> 00:51:48,188 as has happened many times during my career. 541 00:51:52,859 --> 00:51:54,694 But that's not the case this time. 542 00:52:05,664 --> 00:52:07,249 The question becomes… 543 00:52:09,501 --> 00:52:11,503 Why continue? 544 00:52:28,061 --> 00:52:34,025 Welcome everyone to the ceremony in honor of Rafael Nadal. 545 00:52:40,949 --> 00:52:43,910 I would be very unhappy 546 00:52:44,661 --> 00:52:49,124 if I thought I hadn't done everything to fight until the end. 547 00:52:50,584 --> 00:52:53,170 That has always been my biggest fear. 548 00:52:54,462 --> 00:52:57,591 And now, there is no fear of anything. 549 00:53:04,431 --> 00:53:05,640 Thank you. 550 00:53:05,724 --> 00:53:07,517 "VICTORY BELONGS TO THE MOST TENACIOUS" 551 00:53:07,601 --> 00:53:09,853 It's hard to start with just one person, but… 552 00:53:10,270 --> 00:53:11,438 Toni, 553 00:53:12,647 --> 00:53:15,817 you're the reason I'm here. 554 00:53:16,443 --> 00:53:20,322 Thank you for dedicating a large part of your life 555 00:53:20,405 --> 00:53:22,365 to wanting to be with me. 556 00:53:22,449 --> 00:53:26,286 Training, talking, scolding, 557 00:53:26,369 --> 00:53:29,206 making me suffer, making me laugh, 558 00:53:29,289 --> 00:53:31,374 and also pushing me to my limits. 559 00:53:32,209 --> 00:53:36,463 What we have experienced hasn't always been easy, 560 00:53:36,546 --> 00:53:39,049 but without a doubt, it's been worth it. 561 00:54:05,158 --> 00:54:06,993 I've achieved my goal. 562 00:54:07,577 --> 00:54:08,662 Which is 563 00:54:08,745 --> 00:54:10,497 to give my all… 564 00:54:16,044 --> 00:54:19,089 And to reach my retirement in peace 565 00:54:20,006 --> 00:54:23,134 with what my career has been.