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[birds chirping]

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-[insects trilling]
-[chirping continues]

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[dog barking in distance]

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[sheep bleating]

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[indistinct background chatter]

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[Rafelet and Maribel exclaim]

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What is it? Wow, look at the lobster!

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Did you wet yourself?

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-[Rafelet babbles]
-All right.

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-[Sebastián] Have you told them?
-[Rafa] 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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[Rafelet] 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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[Rafa] 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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[Maribel] Grandma's very good.

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[Sebastián] Hey, she's a champion!

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-[Rafelet] Papa!
-[Sebastián] Wait, hold on.

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[Rafa] 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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[Ana María] Are you feeling okay?

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[scoffs] I feel how I feel.
What can I say?

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[ball hitting racket]

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[Rafa grunts]

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[grunts]

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[Rafa] 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…
-[Rafa] 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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[serene and expectant music playing]

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[commentator 1] Rafa Nadal hasn't set foot
on the center court at Roland-Garros

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in 715 days.

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[commentator 2]
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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[crowd cheering]

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[commentator 3]
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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[fans screaming]

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[music builds]

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[Rafa] Don't miss this one!

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-Ugh.
-[Moyá] Okay, hang in there, Rafa.

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Yeah.

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[music fades]

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[Moyá] 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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[crowd cheering]

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[Rafa] 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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[dynamic pulsing music playing]

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

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-[fan 1] Rafa!
-[fan 2] Rafa, come on!

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[fan 3] Come on, Rafa!

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[María] 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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[Rafa] I had no control.

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[commentator] That's out!

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[commentator 2] It's the shot he needs
to get into this match.

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

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-[commentator 2] Missed it.
-[commentator 3] 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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-[line] Fault!
-[umpire] Game, set, and match, Djokovic!

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[commentator 3] 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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[commentator 4] 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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[music stops]

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[Rafa] 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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[Rafa] Actually, he thought
that the best way to recover

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was to carry on playing tennis.

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[smooth pulsing music playing]

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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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-[interviewer] 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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-[director] Ready?
-[cameraman] Yes.

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[Joan] 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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[Joan] 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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[María] 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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[Rafa] 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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[swallows with difficulty]

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…and I would choke on my own saliva.

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[crowd cheering]

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

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

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[Rafa] 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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[commentator 2]
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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[adverse music playing]

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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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[commentator 3] 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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[Rafa] 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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[reflective music playing]

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[Rafa] So, it was decided

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that adding another person
onto the team was necessary.

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[dynamic synth music playing]

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[Rafa] 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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[speaking Spanish]

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[Rafa in English]
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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[Sebastián]
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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[Rafa] And that's when,
well, the idea was brought up

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of bringing Carlos on board.

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[music stops]

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[inspirational music playing]

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[crowd cheering]

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[Rafa] 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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[interviewer] When you see Carlos Moyá,
what do you think?

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[in Spanish] That I'd like to be like him.

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[Rafa in English] 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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[photographer] Hold each other's hands?

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-There. Like that.
-[shutter clicking]

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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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[Moyá] 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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[applause]

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

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[commentator] 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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-[line] Out.
-[commentator 2] And he's done it!

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What a sensational moment this is.

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[Moyá] 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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[Rafa] This dude is a son of a bitch!

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[both laughing]

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[no audible dialogue]

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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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[Rafa] 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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[Moyá] 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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[hopeful music playing]

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[Rafa] 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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[Toni] 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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[Moyá] 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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[Rafa] 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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[Moyá] 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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[commentator 1]
"I'm happy to return to the competition,"

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said Rafa Nadal.

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[commentator 2] 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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[resilient music playing]

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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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[crowd cheering]

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[Ángel] 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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-[crowd cheering]
-[no audible dialogue]

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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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[commentator 1] The tenth is in the bag!

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[commentator 2] 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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[emotional music playing]

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[Maymó] 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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[cheering rises]

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[cheering grows louder]

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[commentator 3] Truly amazing.

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Six thousand people
watching Rafa Nadal's training.

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[commentator 4] I've got goosebumps.

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[fans] Rafa! Rafa! Rafa! Rafa!

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[music builds]

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[Moyá] Stay positive and find a way.

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Because you will find it.

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[applause]

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[Gustavo]
You come to a court just to train

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and the whole court gets fired up, huh?

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They chant your name.

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Beautiful, right?

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

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-Well, yeah.
-After this.

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[Moyá] Come on, win the point, Rafael.

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

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

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[crowd cheering]

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[commentator 5]
Rafa is training very well.

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

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he's won every set he's played…

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[Rafa and María exclaim and laugh]

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

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-Go with Daddy?
-Give Daddy a hug.

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Give Daddy a hug. He's very sweaty.

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

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[interviewer] Have you decided

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whether this will be
your final French Open?

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Because everybody is assuming it will be,

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

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Maybe the last one,

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maybe not, but…

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[laughter]

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But let's explore.

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-[laughing]
-[clapping]

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[clapping continues in distance]

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[Rafa] The logical thing
is for me to retire, but…

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

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

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"The family is happy,

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

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

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I can't be 100% certain."

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I can perform, you know?

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[somber music playing]

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[presenter] 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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[tense pulsing music playing]

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[commentator] A very important draw.

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And right from the first match,

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he could play against
any player in the world.

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

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But it's already very interesting.

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

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[commentator 2] I think Rafa's gonna get
to the quarters. What if he plays Alcaraz?

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

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[in French] Now the seeded players
number three and four. Marie-Jo.

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[suspenseful music playing]

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-[in English] Number 4.
-[announcer] Alexander Zverev.

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[crowd gasping and murmuring]

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[indistinct chatter and laughter]

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[commentator] The news of the day,

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

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

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It's a nice draw?

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-It is what it is.
-[Marc] What?

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-[Jordi ironically] Easy draw, right?
-Easy draw.

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Zverev.

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-[Marc] Okay. First game?
-Sure. The first.

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[Marc] All right.

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[Maymó] Well, obviously,
it's not what you want.

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[soft expectant music playing]

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-[Sebastián] How is he handling it?
-[Marc] Good.

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

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[fans] Rafael! Rafa!

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

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

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[indistinct chatter]

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[commentator 6] Isn't it nice
to see Nadal, the real Nadal,

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back out there?

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[commentator 7] I think Nadal can fight
to be number one in the world again.

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[Rafa] Bringing Carlos into the team,

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I think it was good at the beginning.

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[music stops]

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I remember we were training in Manacor,

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and Toni was at a conference abroad.

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Someone checked their phone…

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and said that Toni had made a statement.

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[commentator 8] Toni Nadal will no longer
be coaching Rafael Nadal next season.

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[Rafa] And the press said that…

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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.

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Rafa didn't know, I didn't know.
He didn't say anything to anyone.

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We found out through the press.

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[dramatic melancholic music playing]

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[Rafa] 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.

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[commentator] He's going to be
parting company with his Uncle Toni,

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who's coached him for how many years?

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[commentators] 27 or 28 years.

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

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before the press.

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

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I like to feel useful in life.

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I don't like being somewhere
where, in the end, I feel…

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"Well, I can't really contribute much."

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That's why I made the decision to leave.

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[interviewer]
That must have been a shock for him?

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I don't think so.

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-No?
-No.

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[Rafa] I felt…

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a bit shocked, of course.

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[indistinct]

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[Rafa] Toni was my uncle. And…

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the influence he had on me was

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greater than any other person
had ever had.

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In a way, I was scared

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of how I was going to react without Toni.

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[melancholic music continues]

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[clamor and applause]

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[Rafa] In 2017, I won the US Open.

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We finished the year as number one.

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[optimistic music playing]

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[Maymó] I think he evolved

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and changed his perception of himself.

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And I think that's the reason
for his later success,

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after he turned 30.

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I think that, in some way,

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his belief in himself
gives him an extra boost.

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[line] Fault!

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[umpire] Game, set, and match, Nadal.

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00:26:12,904 --> 00:26:15,365
[commentator] Seventeen Grand Slams now.

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[Rafa]
I lived the last years of my career,

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I'd say, with a little more
of a feeling of freedom.

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[applause]

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[Rafa] And less tension than with Toni.

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[Maymó] He learned to relax a little.

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[music fades]

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…to have a day-to-day life
where he could enjoy himself.

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00:26:39,556 --> 00:26:41,891
[indistinct background chatter]

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He was more mature.
By 30, you know who you are.

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00:26:47,731 --> 00:26:51,443
You stop being a kid, so to speak.

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[reporters clamoring]

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[María] He lived with his parents until…

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2018, I think.

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00:27:00,201 --> 00:27:03,913
And he would have lived
with his parents much longer.

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00:27:03,997 --> 00:27:05,081
But…

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00:27:05,165 --> 00:27:06,625
[María and interviewer laugh]

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00:27:06,708 --> 00:27:10,378
In fact, it was me who suggested
we live together, and he was like…

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00:27:10,462 --> 00:27:11,630
"Why?"

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00:27:12,589 --> 00:27:14,716
I was scared of…

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00:27:14,799 --> 00:27:17,010
of that decision.

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00:27:17,093 --> 00:27:18,887
But once it happened,

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it was great.

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She's the woman
I wanted to start a family with.

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00:27:25,518 --> 00:27:29,064
And without a doubt,
her support was very important to me.

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00:27:30,523 --> 00:27:32,817
I was happy
during those years of my career.

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00:27:32,901 --> 00:27:34,944
[clamoring]

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00:27:35,028 --> 00:27:39,574
I really enjoyed seeing myself
competing at the highest level.

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00:27:40,408 --> 00:27:42,202
[inspirational music playing]

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[commentator 1]
Rafa Nadal, he's got 18 in total.

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00:27:45,997 --> 00:27:50,210
[commentator 2] Wimbledon number five
for the Serbian superstar.

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00:27:50,877 --> 00:27:53,672
[commentator 3] Novak Djokovic's got 16.
Roger Federer with 20.

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00:27:53,755 --> 00:27:55,632
[commentator 4]
It's remarkable that we see them

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produce the tennis that they do.

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00:27:58,301 --> 00:28:02,722
[Wertheim] They're playing in their prime,
they're all playing on every surface,

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they're all winning all four majors…

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00:28:04,724 --> 00:28:06,559
You say, "Boy, how lucky we are."

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00:28:06,643 --> 00:28:09,979
And then you say,
"Well, no, it's not in a vacuum."

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The one reason they're staying out there
is because they were pushing each other.

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00:28:13,692 --> 00:28:16,444
"Well, shit, this guy's
still winning multiple majors a year

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when he's closer
to age 40 than he is to 30."

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Like, "Why not me?"

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-[umpire] Three sets to two.
-[cheering]

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[commentator 1] He's the US Open champion!

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00:28:25,787 --> 00:28:27,163
[commentator 2] For the first time,

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the difference between
Nadal and Federer, just one.

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[commentator 3] They're on their feet.

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00:28:34,879 --> 00:28:38,383
Rafael Nadal serving
for a 13th Roland-Garros title

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and a 20th Grand Slam title.

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[umpire] Game, set, and match, Nadal.

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[commentator 3] In 2020,
Rafael Nadal makes it 20.

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Defeats his great rival, Novak Djokovic.

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[cheering erupts]

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00:29:04,367 --> 00:29:06,578
[commentator]
It's the miracle in Melbourne.

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00:29:07,245 --> 00:29:09,289
An improbable comeback.

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00:29:09,372 --> 00:29:11,916
Twenty-one major titles.

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The greatest player of all time.

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[Rafa] I was having
an incredibly good feeling.

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00:29:22,010 --> 00:29:24,679
I wanted to do
everything I could to keep it going.

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00:29:27,265 --> 00:29:29,684
But after the Australian Open final,

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00:29:31,811 --> 00:29:34,856
my body wasn't okay,
I wasn't feeling great.

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00:29:36,524 --> 00:29:37,984
[music fades]

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00:29:39,736 --> 00:29:41,654
[indistinct chatter]

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00:29:42,155 --> 00:29:44,073
[reporter] Hey, wait. Wait, wait…

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[woman] That leg will get better?

486
00:29:48,661 --> 00:29:50,997
-How are you, Rafa?
-Rafa, how's it going?

487
00:29:51,080 --> 00:29:53,833
I don't know,
we'll know in a few days, I don't…

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00:29:53,917 --> 00:29:57,337
-[reporter] Feeling good about it?
-I don't feel anything.

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[all laugh]

490
00:29:59,047 --> 00:30:00,507
[woman] Thank you, Rafa.

491
00:30:03,635 --> 00:30:06,805
[Ruiz-Cotorro] The truth is
that we are all very surprised

492
00:30:06,888 --> 00:30:10,517
that he has been able
to play as long as he has.

493
00:30:11,768 --> 00:30:14,437
That foot has been degenerating
over the years.

494
00:30:14,521 --> 00:30:17,690
That's why there came a moment
when that foot said,

495
00:30:17,774 --> 00:30:19,275
"I can't take it anymore."

496
00:30:19,776 --> 00:30:21,778
[melancholic music playing]

497
00:30:23,988 --> 00:30:25,949
[María] Those were complicated months.

498
00:30:27,867 --> 00:30:29,327
[commentator 1] Oh, he's got it!

499
00:30:29,410 --> 00:30:32,413
[commentator 2]
The apprentice finally beats the master.

500
00:30:32,497 --> 00:30:33,832
[María] He played in Madrid

501
00:30:34,457 --> 00:30:35,291
and lost.

502
00:30:38,795 --> 00:30:40,880
He played in Rome

503
00:30:41,965 --> 00:30:42,799
and lost.

504
00:30:43,383 --> 00:30:47,178
[commentator] His foot issue
seems like it's taken a toll on him.

505
00:30:47,762 --> 00:30:51,140
[María] So he went
to Roland-Garros with many doubts.

506
00:30:51,224 --> 00:30:55,353
[presenter] Twenty-one Grand Slams,
thirteen Roland Garros titles,

507
00:30:55,436 --> 00:30:58,982
the Spaniard Rafael Nadal!

508
00:30:59,065 --> 00:31:02,235
[Rafa] I was in constant pain.

509
00:31:02,819 --> 00:31:05,321
I think that for all of us,

510
00:31:05,405 --> 00:31:09,325
we were at a point
where it seemed like my career was…

511
00:31:09,826 --> 00:31:10,660
over.

512
00:31:13,913 --> 00:31:18,251
It was very clear
his body couldn't take it anymore.

513
00:31:18,334 --> 00:31:20,920
[commentator] For once,
not getting the drop shot right, Nadal.

514
00:31:21,004 --> 00:31:24,007
And well mopped up by Jordan Thompson.

515
00:31:25,466 --> 00:31:28,094
[María] He played the first match in pain,

516
00:31:29,846 --> 00:31:32,932
but, somehow, he won.

517
00:31:33,933 --> 00:31:36,394
[crowd cheering]

518
00:31:40,815 --> 00:31:44,861
[Ruiz-Cotorro] Before the match,
I gave him a little anesthesia to play.

519
00:31:46,905 --> 00:31:48,323
But then he told me,

520
00:31:48,406 --> 00:31:52,410
"Listen, I really don't know
how we're going to be able to…

521
00:31:52,493 --> 00:31:54,329
to finish this tournament."

522
00:31:55,163 --> 00:31:56,289
"I'm in pain."

523
00:31:58,499 --> 00:32:02,754
The reality now was that the foot
no longer responded to those treatments.

524
00:32:04,839 --> 00:32:08,009
[Rafa] When I left the match, my father…

525
00:32:08,509 --> 00:32:10,303
had to carry me like this,

526
00:32:10,386 --> 00:32:12,013
on his shoulders, to the room.

527
00:32:13,514 --> 00:32:15,558
I was in a lot of pain.

528
00:32:16,601 --> 00:32:18,061
I didn't sleep at all.

529
00:32:19,562 --> 00:32:21,147
Not even for a minute.

530
00:32:22,273 --> 00:32:24,150
And I was thinking, nonstop thinking.

531
00:32:25,735 --> 00:32:29,030
First thing in the morning,
I called Ángel.

532
00:32:30,281 --> 00:32:31,324
I asked him,

533
00:32:32,033 --> 00:32:37,080
"Is there any way
to numb the sensory nerve

534
00:32:37,580 --> 00:32:40,708
without affecting the motor nerve?"

535
00:32:43,294 --> 00:32:46,547
And he said, "Yes, we can give it a try."

536
00:32:47,382 --> 00:32:49,300
But from a medical point of view,

537
00:32:49,384 --> 00:32:51,469
this is as far as we go.

538
00:32:51,552 --> 00:32:53,763
Because you can tear the tendon.

539
00:32:54,931 --> 00:32:57,475
[Rafa] They injected me here, here, here.

540
00:32:57,558 --> 00:33:01,229
In all the nerves that affected
this whole superficial area of the foot.

541
00:33:02,730 --> 00:33:05,358
I didn't know if it would really work,

542
00:33:05,441 --> 00:33:06,943
but I went to play.

543
00:33:07,443 --> 00:33:08,569
[crowd cheering]

544
00:33:08,653 --> 00:33:10,863
[commentator 1]
This is the one we were waiting for.

545
00:33:11,364 --> 00:33:13,324
And the moment has now arrived.

546
00:33:13,408 --> 00:33:16,786
The two of them are
up against each other for the 59th time.

547
00:33:16,869 --> 00:33:20,289
[Clarey] You knew he was doing
extreme measures to get himself to play.

548
00:33:20,790 --> 00:33:23,459
It turned out he was feeling nothing.
His foot was numb.

549
00:33:23,543 --> 00:33:25,128
Quite a risky thing, isn't it?

550
00:33:25,628 --> 00:33:26,879
To have no sensation.

551
00:33:27,630 --> 00:33:30,717
If your foot starts to go
the wrong direction, you won't even know.

552
00:33:30,800 --> 00:33:32,510
[resolute music playing]

553
00:33:38,683 --> 00:33:40,309
Come on!

554
00:33:41,644 --> 00:33:43,604
He knows that the pain is there.

555
00:33:44,188 --> 00:33:46,399
But it was clear to him

556
00:33:46,482 --> 00:33:50,111
that if I gave him enough
to be able to compete,

557
00:33:50,194 --> 00:33:53,448
he was going to compete to the death,
and he did.

558
00:33:57,994 --> 00:33:59,370
[cheering erupts]

559
00:34:00,163 --> 00:34:04,250
With Rafa, you know
that every match is "live or die."

560
00:34:06,252 --> 00:34:09,505
The level of the tenacity
brought out to the court.

561
00:34:09,589 --> 00:34:11,716
That match was unbelievable.

562
00:34:18,639 --> 00:34:21,267
[commentator 2]
And he's done it! Rafa Nadal!

563
00:34:21,350 --> 00:34:24,103
He has made it
to the Roland Garros semi-finals.

564
00:34:24,187 --> 00:34:27,315
He doesn't feel his foot
and he's winning this?

565
00:34:27,398 --> 00:34:29,609
I mean, what are you gonna tell me next?

566
00:34:29,692 --> 00:34:32,945
He's gonna play blindfolded,
and he's gonna win it also?

567
00:34:33,029 --> 00:34:34,155
It's like, come on!

568
00:34:34,864 --> 00:34:38,826
[commentator 3] Rafa is on the verge
of clinching that 14th title,

569
00:34:38,910 --> 00:34:40,495
here at Roland Garros.

570
00:34:40,578 --> 00:34:42,997
[inspirational resolute music playing]

571
00:34:43,081 --> 00:34:45,917
Rafa has given absolutely everything.

572
00:34:47,877 --> 00:34:50,296
He has gifted us everything he had.

573
00:34:50,379 --> 00:34:52,048
[crowd exclaims]

574
00:34:54,801 --> 00:34:58,221
[Ángel] I'm convinced that Rafa
went out on that court that day

575
00:34:58,304 --> 00:35:01,057
thinking that it might be
his last tennis match.

576
00:35:05,478 --> 00:35:07,146
Because otherwise,

577
00:35:07,230 --> 00:35:09,774
I don't see it as physically possible.

578
00:35:13,319 --> 00:35:17,240
[commentator 4]
The greatest becomes even greater.

579
00:35:19,992 --> 00:35:22,495
[commentator 2] The man
who makes miracles on a daily basis

580
00:35:22,578 --> 00:35:24,789
has just written another page.

581
00:35:25,623 --> 00:35:27,917
I don't know if it was a miracle,
but close.

582
00:35:33,047 --> 00:35:35,049
[Clarey] He'd been through a lot
just to get there.

583
00:35:35,133 --> 00:35:39,178
But I have to be honest,
I did have his retirement story written,

584
00:35:39,262 --> 00:35:40,429
like a lot of us did.

585
00:35:42,140 --> 00:35:45,643
And I had it on my computer.
And as he came to the microphone,

586
00:35:45,726 --> 00:35:49,230
the crowd was expecting something,
and I know all the journalists were.

587
00:35:49,313 --> 00:35:51,190
We were all kind of ready to…
[smacks lips]

588
00:35:51,274 --> 00:35:52,984
…hit "send" on these stories.

589
00:35:55,027 --> 00:35:57,864
I don't know what can happen
in the future,

590
00:35:57,947 --> 00:36:01,117
but I'm gonna keep fighting
to try to keep going.

591
00:36:01,200 --> 00:36:04,620
So, many thanks.
Thank you very much, everyone. Thank you.

592
00:36:04,704 --> 00:36:05,746
"Delete."

593
00:36:05,830 --> 00:36:07,748
Or "save for later." You know?

594
00:36:07,832 --> 00:36:10,293
[applause]

595
00:36:10,376 --> 00:36:13,963
[Clarey]That was a sign that we were
gonna go to some form of bitter end.

596
00:36:14,463 --> 00:36:18,384
[interviewer]
Do you think you should have retired

597
00:36:18,467 --> 00:36:21,095
after Roland-Garros in 2022?

598
00:36:21,596 --> 00:36:22,722
Of course not.

599
00:36:24,932 --> 00:36:25,766
Why?

600
00:36:27,560 --> 00:36:29,812
I never wanted to stop.

601
00:36:29,896 --> 00:36:31,647
I always wanted to keep going.

602
00:36:32,940 --> 00:36:34,358
To me, it's very simple.

603
00:36:35,651 --> 00:36:37,653
I'm exploring my limits.

604
00:36:38,362 --> 00:36:40,364
[inspirational expectant music playing]

605
00:36:46,287 --> 00:36:47,455
[Moyá] Zverev?

606
00:36:47,538 --> 00:36:50,291
[Marc] Zverev is confident, we know that…

607
00:36:50,374 --> 00:36:53,252
[Gustavo] Exactly,
that's what I'm telling you, right?

608
00:36:53,336 --> 00:36:55,004
[Marc] Today will be a great day.

609
00:36:55,087 --> 00:36:56,672
[fans clamoring]

610
00:36:56,756 --> 00:36:59,634
-[man in Spanish] Thank you, Rafa!
-[man in English] Love you, Rafa!

611
00:36:59,717 --> 00:37:01,302
[indistinct shouting]

612
00:37:02,011 --> 00:37:03,638
[cracking]

613
00:37:08,392 --> 00:37:09,852
[Marc] He hasn't complained?

614
00:37:09,936 --> 00:37:11,312
-Right now?
-Physically.

615
00:37:11,395 --> 00:37:12,230
No.

616
00:37:12,730 --> 00:37:16,359
-Well, I don't know if that's good.
-Not physically or anything else.

617
00:37:18,152 --> 00:37:19,528
[Marc] He seems calm.

618
00:37:27,787 --> 00:37:29,330
[María] Let's go see Daddy.

619
00:37:29,997 --> 00:37:31,874
Daddy.

620
00:37:33,000 --> 00:37:35,169
-Daddy!
-[María] Daddy!

621
00:37:36,295 --> 00:37:38,756
We can bring a racket, but only one.

622
00:37:40,841 --> 00:37:43,052
[commentator 1] It's gray and very wet,

623
00:37:43,135 --> 00:37:46,681
but we are gonna be shining
some fabulous tennis.

624
00:37:47,890 --> 00:37:50,851
[commentator 2] If in a tournament
it is worth going out there

625
00:37:50,935 --> 00:37:53,354
to give everything and die for it,

626
00:37:53,437 --> 00:37:54,355
then it is Paris.

627
00:37:55,982 --> 00:37:58,651
[commentator 3] The chances
of him winning are very small.

628
00:37:58,734 --> 00:38:00,486
[commentator 4] Gonna be tough for Rafa.

629
00:38:00,569 --> 00:38:03,614
He's put his body
through so much over the years.

630
00:38:09,036 --> 00:38:10,413
[crowd cheering]

631
00:38:14,083 --> 00:38:16,252
[announcer] And 14 at Roland-Garros.

632
00:38:16,335 --> 00:38:18,879
2005, '06, '07, '08.

633
00:38:18,963 --> 00:38:20,131
2010.

634
00:38:20,214 --> 00:38:26,595
'11, '12, '13, '14, '17, '18, '19.

635
00:38:26,679 --> 00:38:29,390
2020 and 2022.

636
00:38:30,099 --> 00:38:31,726
Rafael Nadal!

637
00:38:31,809 --> 00:38:33,311
[crowd cheering frantically]

638
00:38:33,394 --> 00:38:34,395
NEVER RETIRE PLEASE

639
00:38:34,478 --> 00:38:38,441
[commentator 4] You can never
write Rafael Nadal off in Paris.

640
00:38:38,524 --> 00:38:39,567
Come on!

641
00:38:42,069 --> 00:38:44,113
[commentator 5]
The roof is shut on Chatrier,

642
00:38:44,196 --> 00:38:47,950
so it's going to be even more
of a cacophony of noise.

643
00:38:49,827 --> 00:38:51,829
[music builds]

644
00:39:14,226 --> 00:39:15,561
[groans]

645
00:39:18,064 --> 00:39:20,066
That was clearly his nerves.

646
00:39:25,863 --> 00:39:27,406
[commentator] What a start for Zverev.

647
00:39:33,204 --> 00:39:35,206
[battle music playing]

648
00:39:41,504 --> 00:39:44,006
[commentator] Rafael Nadal
hadn't dropped a set in practice.

649
00:39:44,965 --> 00:39:47,927
He has dropped the opening set
when it really matters.

650
00:39:48,010 --> 00:39:49,845
I can't believe it, man.

651
00:39:49,929 --> 00:39:51,806
[Marc] It'll get better, you'll see.

652
00:39:52,681 --> 00:39:55,434
Come on, Gus, have a little faith.

653
00:39:58,062 --> 00:40:00,981
[Rafa] Despite everything
that has happened in my career,

654
00:40:01,065 --> 00:40:03,859
all the times I've been out of action,

655
00:40:04,360 --> 00:40:07,696
all the times it seemed
like my career was over,

656
00:40:08,197 --> 00:40:09,240
always,

657
00:40:09,323 --> 00:40:13,869
I've always kept the will to… to fight.

658
00:40:15,037 --> 00:40:16,247
[Moyá] Come on. Confidence!

659
00:40:16,330 --> 00:40:17,832
Come on!

660
00:40:31,595 --> 00:40:33,431
Yes! Come on! That's it!

661
00:40:33,514 --> 00:40:35,599
[commentator 2] Suddenly, some momentum.

662
00:40:36,100 --> 00:40:37,935
Come on, focus, focus! Let's go!

663
00:40:38,018 --> 00:40:38,853
Come on!

664
00:40:42,690 --> 00:40:44,233
[commentator 2] What a hold that is.

665
00:40:45,025 --> 00:40:47,611
Four brilliant points in a row for Nadal.

666
00:40:48,779 --> 00:40:50,406
[music builds]

667
00:40:50,990 --> 00:40:52,158
Now he sees it.

668
00:40:52,241 --> 00:40:53,534
-Now he has faith.
-Yeah.

669
00:40:54,034 --> 00:40:55,870
He doesn't change, man.

670
00:41:00,166 --> 00:41:01,876
[commentator 2] There's another stunner!

671
00:41:03,544 --> 00:41:06,714
We're going to see
a tie-breaker between these two.

672
00:41:10,718 --> 00:41:13,012
[music turns expectant]

673
00:41:21,520 --> 00:41:23,856
[commentator 2] Nadal steals the point!

674
00:41:36,744 --> 00:41:37,786
[Moyá] Oh, no!

675
00:41:46,545 --> 00:41:48,797
Come on! Let's go!

676
00:41:48,881 --> 00:41:51,717
[commentator 2]
Nadal just never goes away, does he?

677
00:41:57,848 --> 00:42:00,100
Yeah, again he read the play, Zverev.

678
00:42:02,102 --> 00:42:04,188
He's on the ropes though, here, Nadal.

679
00:42:05,648 --> 00:42:08,067
Second set point for the German.

680
00:42:10,611 --> 00:42:11,862
[umpire] Two sets, love, Zverev.

681
00:42:11,946 --> 00:42:15,115
[commentator 2]
Zverev now leads by two sets to love.

682
00:42:15,616 --> 00:42:18,202
I wonder how much
he's got left in the tank.

683
00:42:18,702 --> 00:42:20,788
[emotional music playing]

684
00:42:21,789 --> 00:42:24,792
-He's tired now.
-Yeah, he's very tired.

685
00:42:35,302 --> 00:42:39,557
[Rafa] I never thought
I'd be trying to play tennis

686
00:42:40,516 --> 00:42:42,226
at the age of 37.

687
00:42:45,312 --> 00:42:47,314
[applause]

688
00:42:48,774 --> 00:42:52,486
[Rafa] I know I don't need
to prove anything to anyone.

689
00:42:57,950 --> 00:42:59,577
Not even to myself.

690
00:43:01,453 --> 00:43:03,706
But I can't help it.

691
00:43:06,709 --> 00:43:08,168
This is my seal.

692
00:43:10,337 --> 00:43:11,589
That's who I am.

693
00:43:18,470 --> 00:43:19,471
[line] Out!

694
00:43:19,555 --> 00:43:22,141
[umpire] Game, set, and match, Zverev.

695
00:43:23,642 --> 00:43:26,520
[commentator 2] Perhaps the last dance
for Rafa Nadal at Roland-Garros

696
00:43:26,604 --> 00:43:28,981
ends in defeat.

697
00:43:29,064 --> 00:43:30,649
[applause]

698
00:43:34,320 --> 00:43:36,030
Now the sun comes out!

699
00:43:36,113 --> 00:43:37,239
[cheering]

700
00:43:38,657 --> 00:43:39,908
[Moyá] The sun came out!

701
00:43:40,409 --> 00:43:42,411
[announcer] Rafael Nadal!

702
00:43:59,345 --> 00:44:01,347
[cheering continues in distance]

703
00:44:06,769 --> 00:44:08,437
[commentator] Will he be back?
We're unsure.

704
00:44:08,520 --> 00:44:10,689
But what a legacy he leaves behind.

705
00:44:10,773 --> 00:44:14,985
Fourteen times a champion
here at Roland-Garros.

706
00:44:17,821 --> 00:44:19,823
[emotional music continues]

707
00:44:35,673 --> 00:44:37,341
[music fades]

708
00:44:41,053 --> 00:44:43,889
[Rafa] What did Daddy do?
Do you know what Daddy did, Rafelet?

709
00:44:44,932 --> 00:44:46,100
Wah, wah, wah…

710
00:44:47,476 --> 00:44:49,603
Daddy went like this. Wah!

711
00:44:51,480 --> 00:44:53,440
-[Rafelet murmurs]
-[Rafa quacks]

712
00:44:55,275 --> 00:44:56,485
But anyways…

713
00:44:56,985 --> 00:44:59,196
This record will be tough…

714
00:45:00,906 --> 00:45:03,075
-[Marc] Tough to beat?
-Yeah.

715
00:45:04,702 --> 00:45:06,787
I think it'll be harder, maybe I'm wrong,

716
00:45:06,870 --> 00:45:11,041
but I think it'll be harder
to surpass this one than Djokovic's 24.

717
00:45:11,542 --> 00:45:12,543
[Maymó] I bet.

718
00:45:13,335 --> 00:45:14,920
[somber music playing]

719
00:45:16,463 --> 00:45:19,341
[Rafa] You never know, right?
But if I had to bet money,

720
00:45:19,842 --> 00:45:21,218
I think it'll take more time

721
00:45:21,301 --> 00:45:25,681
for someone to surpass 14 Roland-Garros
than 24 Grand Slams.

722
00:45:26,932 --> 00:45:28,934
[delicate music playing]

723
00:45:36,024 --> 00:45:39,445
[Maymó] No, it's not hard.
What you see stand out is not hard.

724
00:45:39,945 --> 00:45:42,531
It's soft. Touch. Look, do this.

725
00:45:43,031 --> 00:45:46,535
See? You see it swollen,
but it's not hard, it's soft.

726
00:45:49,246 --> 00:45:50,581
It's an alien, man.

727
00:45:57,045 --> 00:45:58,130
[music fades]

728
00:46:04,511 --> 00:46:06,972
He says he doesn't know
if it's a good idea

729
00:46:07,055 --> 00:46:08,599
to play at the US Open.

730
00:46:08,682 --> 00:46:10,184
I just don't see it.

731
00:46:16,315 --> 00:46:18,609
-[Sebastián] Big balloons?
-Those are balls.

732
00:46:18,692 --> 00:46:20,986
-[Rafelet] Papa.
-There they go.

733
00:46:24,281 --> 00:46:25,783
[Rafa] It's very nice outside.

734
00:46:27,743 --> 00:46:29,495
[María] It's really nice being here now.

735
00:46:32,664 --> 00:46:34,666
[sentimental music playing]

736
00:46:36,794 --> 00:46:39,087
[María] When he arrived
at Roland-Garros this year,

737
00:46:39,588 --> 00:46:42,090
we thought he was going to say goodbye.

738
00:46:46,720 --> 00:46:48,972
And then,
since he saw himself training well,

739
00:46:49,640 --> 00:46:52,184
he started thinking about going further.

740
00:46:57,022 --> 00:46:58,816
[indistinct chatter]

741
00:46:59,858 --> 00:47:02,152
[María] But obviously,
deep down, I thought,

742
00:47:02,236 --> 00:47:04,446
"How are we going to continue like this?"

743
00:47:09,576 --> 00:47:11,286
[Maymó] I think he likes to suffer

744
00:47:11,787 --> 00:47:15,541
with the purpose
of overcoming that suffering.

745
00:47:18,001 --> 00:47:20,254
But at the end of his career,

746
00:47:20,337 --> 00:47:24,174
I think the suffering
no longer led to overcoming it.

747
00:47:25,926 --> 00:47:28,428
It was suffering
for the sake of suffering.

748
00:47:29,930 --> 00:47:34,768
And that's what, I think,
finally burned out the flame.

749
00:47:36,019 --> 00:47:38,021
-[ball hitting racket]
-[Rafa grunting]

750
00:47:41,733 --> 00:47:43,068
[applause]

751
00:47:44,611 --> 00:47:47,489
[commentator] It's Finals Day in Båstad.

752
00:47:47,573 --> 00:47:51,076
It's been a fair few matches
where he's looked not quite himself,

753
00:47:51,159 --> 00:47:52,870
looked almost down and out.

754
00:47:53,662 --> 00:47:55,455
He's moving very slowly.

755
00:47:56,331 --> 00:47:58,333
[suspenseful ethereal music playing]

756
00:48:00,335 --> 00:48:02,462
[Clarey] I think he had
to go to the point where…

757
00:48:02,963 --> 00:48:06,550
it got painful to see
what he was becoming.

758
00:48:08,927 --> 00:48:11,138
He needs to feel the limitations.

759
00:48:11,847 --> 00:48:14,266
See balls that he once would have reached

760
00:48:14,349 --> 00:48:15,893
and whacked for winners

761
00:48:15,976 --> 00:48:17,477
no longer be reachable.

762
00:48:17,978 --> 00:48:22,816
And to see levels of play that,
for him, were once like breathing,

763
00:48:23,317 --> 00:48:25,527
now become impossible.

764
00:48:26,778 --> 00:48:28,989
[umpire] Game, set, and match, Borges.

765
00:48:30,115 --> 00:48:31,450
[applause]

766
00:48:39,875 --> 00:48:42,544
[Maymó] Well, after losing in Båstad,

767
00:48:42,628 --> 00:48:45,881
Rafa wrote to us a few hours later.

768
00:48:45,964 --> 00:48:47,966
[melancholic music playing]

769
00:48:48,967 --> 00:48:50,552
[Maymó] The message says,

770
00:48:50,636 --> 00:48:51,470
"Team…"

771
00:48:53,889 --> 00:48:55,641
"I'm not really good at these things,

772
00:48:55,724 --> 00:48:58,477
but today I really feel bad,
I'm shattered."

773
00:48:58,977 --> 00:49:00,854
"Apologies for today to everyone."

774
00:49:02,940 --> 00:49:06,318
"Honestly, I haven't been able
to find the energy to improve myself,

775
00:49:06,401 --> 00:49:07,486
or at least try to."

776
00:49:08,070 --> 00:49:09,947
"During the match, I decided to retire."

777
00:49:13,700 --> 00:49:14,910
"Thank you all for everything."

778
00:49:14,993 --> 00:49:18,830
"And although it doesn't make sense
to apologize at this point in my career,

779
00:49:18,914 --> 00:49:20,374
I do it because it's what I feel."

780
00:49:21,458 --> 00:49:23,126
"A big hug to everyone."

781
00:49:25,253 --> 00:49:28,799
After the match,
he locked himself in the bathroom

782
00:49:29,299 --> 00:49:32,427
and he was in bad shape.

783
00:49:33,011 --> 00:49:35,013
[indistinct chatter]

784
00:49:36,598 --> 00:49:39,017
[María] It's in his DNA to keep fighting.

785
00:49:39,643 --> 00:49:42,521
But it was in Båstad that he…

786
00:49:43,188 --> 00:49:46,108
he saw that he wasn't able to…

787
00:49:46,608 --> 00:49:48,235
do that anymore.

788
00:49:48,318 --> 00:49:51,905
[interviewer] What did he say
that made you feel, "It's over"?

789
00:49:52,406 --> 00:49:53,365
Those words.

790
00:49:53,448 --> 00:49:54,950
"I need to retire."

791
00:49:57,744 --> 00:49:58,996
Not "I have."

792
00:49:59,079 --> 00:50:00,205
Not "I want to."

793
00:50:00,288 --> 00:50:01,915
"I need to retire."

794
00:50:04,167 --> 00:50:06,503
[interviewer] Why? Just like that?

795
00:50:06,586 --> 00:50:07,963
It was obvious.

796
00:50:09,339 --> 00:50:11,758
He didn't recognize himself on the court.

797
00:50:12,467 --> 00:50:16,096
At that moment,
he saw that he couldn't give any more.

798
00:50:16,596 --> 00:50:18,598
[indistinct chatter]

799
00:50:20,559 --> 00:50:22,561
[water gurgling softly]

800
00:50:29,735 --> 00:50:33,113
[Rafa] In a way,
when you say, "I'm retiring…"

801
00:50:36,116 --> 00:50:38,493
in the end, you're saying, "I surrender."

802
00:50:44,499 --> 00:50:48,670
You stop being what you've been
practically all your life.

803
00:50:51,965 --> 00:50:54,426
You go back to being just the person.

804
00:51:01,266 --> 00:51:02,934
Hi, everyone. Um…

805
00:51:03,018 --> 00:51:04,519
Well, I'm here to…

806
00:51:05,312 --> 00:51:06,605
let you all know

807
00:51:06,688 --> 00:51:09,274
something that I've been thinking about,

808
00:51:09,357 --> 00:51:12,611
uh… for a long time.

809
00:51:12,694 --> 00:51:15,113
And imagining what it would be like.

810
00:51:16,114 --> 00:51:17,699
[applause]

811
00:51:20,077 --> 00:51:22,370
[Rafa] I have decided
that the Davis Cup final

812
00:51:22,454 --> 00:51:26,750
is going to be my last tournament
as a professional tennis player.

813
00:51:26,833 --> 00:51:29,836
[crowd chanting] Rafa! Rafa!

814
00:51:29,920 --> 00:51:35,217
Rafa! Rafa! Rafa!

815
00:51:35,300 --> 00:51:37,302
[chanting continues]

816
00:51:38,678 --> 00:51:43,433
[Rafa] I've never lost the hope
that things would get better,

817
00:51:43,517 --> 00:51:48,188
as it had happened
many times throughout my career.

818
00:51:52,943 --> 00:51:54,361
But not this time.

819
00:52:05,664 --> 00:52:07,457
The question is…

820
00:52:09,584 --> 00:52:11,711
"Why keep going?"

821
00:52:23,390 --> 00:52:26,184
[indistinct chatter]

822
00:52:28,270 --> 00:52:30,897
[announcer] Welcome to this ceremony

823
00:52:30,981 --> 00:52:34,025
in honor of Rafael Nadal.

824
00:52:34,109 --> 00:52:36,111
[cheering and whistling]

825
00:52:41,032 --> 00:52:43,910
[Rafa] I would be very unhappy

826
00:52:44,536 --> 00:52:49,541
if I thought I hadn't done everything
to fight until the end.

827
00:52:50,667 --> 00:52:53,170
That has always been my biggest fear.

828
00:52:54,629 --> 00:52:57,340
And now there is no fear… at all.

829
00:52:58,133 --> 00:53:01,052
[crowd chanting] Rafa! Rafa!

830
00:53:01,136 --> 00:53:03,597
Rafa! Rafa!

831
00:53:04,514 --> 00:53:05,640
Thank you.

832
00:53:05,724 --> 00:53:07,642
VICTORY BELONGS TO THE MOST TENACIOUS

833
00:53:07,726 --> 00:53:09,853
It's hard to start with just one person,

834
00:53:09,936 --> 00:53:11,271
but, Toni…

835
00:53:12,689 --> 00:53:15,942
you are the reason I'm here.

836
00:53:16,610 --> 00:53:20,238
Thank you for dedicating
a great part of your life

837
00:53:20,322 --> 00:53:21,948
to wanting to be with me.

838
00:53:22,449 --> 00:53:26,286
Training, talking, tricking me,

839
00:53:26,369 --> 00:53:29,289
making me suffer, making me laugh,

840
00:53:29,372 --> 00:53:31,291
and pushing me to the limit.

841
00:53:32,250 --> 00:53:36,713
What we have experienced
has not always been easy,

842
00:53:36,796 --> 00:53:39,049
but it has definitely been worth it.

843
00:53:39,132 --> 00:53:41,134
[applause]

844
00:53:43,094 --> 00:53:45,096
[emotional music playing]

845
00:53:50,352 --> 00:53:51,937
[music builds]

846
00:54:05,158 --> 00:54:06,993
[Rafa] I have achieved my goal,

847
00:54:07,577 --> 00:54:10,080
which is to give my all…

848
00:54:16,044 --> 00:54:19,089
and to retire in peace…

849
00:54:19,923 --> 00:54:23,218
at ease with what my career has been.

850
00:54:24,719 --> 00:54:26,721
[cheering]

851
00:54:28,515 --> 00:54:32,310
ROLAND-GARROS
MEN'S SINGLES

852
00:55:07,429 --> 00:55:08,471
[in Spanish] Okay.

853
00:55:11,975 --> 00:55:13,977
[emotional music fades]

854
00:55:14,853 --> 00:55:16,855
[somber victorious music playing]

855
00:55:44,799 --> 00:55:46,509
[music fades]

856
00:55:48,219 --> 00:55:50,221
[serene inspirational music playing]

857
00:58:51,653 --> 00:58:53,112
[music fades]