Biography
Rafael Nadal is a Spanish tennis player whose sports biography is a large number of awards and titles. Olympic champion in single and steam discharges, one of the most titled winners of the Tournaments of the Grand Slam, among colleagues and fans received the nickname king of the soil.Childhood and youth
Rafael Nadal Parera was born on June 3, 1986 in the Spanish city of Manakore on the island of Mallorca in a secured family. Father Sebastian was a private entrepreneur, Anna-Maria's mother was engaged in raising children. Among Rafael's relatives were also athletes, local celebrities.
Rafael was seriously fond of football, which was always a popular sport among children and young people in Spain. His cumier was his own uncle, and his loved clubs are native "Mallorca" and "Real Madrid". No one has any doubts that Nadal will make a career athlete.
At the 4th age, Uncle Antonio, more famous for Tony, pretended to his nephew his first tennis racket. A new sport is so fascinated the boy that he began combining football and large tennis. His coach was uncle Tony, who then worked in a children's tennis club.
The moment came when the passion for two sports led to a decrease in school performance. Father put Rafael Condition - choose something one for classes. The guy stayed on a tennis court.
Tennis
At 8, Rafael Nadal became the winner at the Tennis Regional Championship, and by 12 years won the title of champion in all Spanish and European competitions.At the age of 15, Nadal moved to a professional league, where in the first year she achieved considerable success. In 16, he became the semifinalist of the Junior tournament Wimbledon, and 2 years later, he won the victory for the Spanish national team in the Davis Cup. In subsequent years, the guy participated in all world tournaments, occupying prizes and rapidly improving statistics.
The phenomenal victory at the France championship ascended Rafael on the 3rd place in the World Tennis Play Players. And the next 16 wins made him number 2. At the end of the season, the athlete injured his foot, because of what was forced to miss the Australian Open Championship in 2006 and a number of other contests. Injury could cause a great harm to the sporting success of Nadal, but his coach found a way to restore legability.
2008 He became a peak of a tennis player. He easily won the France's open championship. Later he encountered Roger Federer on the most expected tournament of the year - Wimbledon.
Opponents agreed in the final, which lasted all day. In the difficult struggle, Rafael still managed to defeat a long-time opponent and take the 1st place in the tournament and on the list of the best tennis players of the year. Olympic Games in Beijing brought for another big victory and his first gold in a similar competition.
Particularly distinguished fans of tennis tournament in Rio de Janeiro. Notable, he was not the achievements of Raphael, since the athlete lost to the victory of Fabio Famini, and the presence of hot brazilians who worked as assistants. It was not resistant to the beauties and Nadal, he was looking at the attractive representatives of the weak gender.
In 2017, at the open championship of France, the athlete at the 10th time became the winner in a single discharge. The anniversary title has specially noted a tennis player sponsor: Richard Mille luxury watches brand released a new chronometer model that an athlete enjoyed during the tournament.
Rafael built not only an individual career, but also engaged in promoting tennis among young people. In his native manachair, on the territory of its own training base, the Star of the Court organized a tennis academy, where young athletes are able to combine practice with the best coaches of the world and academic education.
An additional line, which replenishes the budget of Rafael, in addition to the rewards for victory in international tournaments, was advertising. The athlete has an athletic figure (with a height of 185 cm its weight does not exceed 85 kg), which could not not notice manufacturers of men's clothing and underwear.
Tennis player represented a Nike brand for many years. In 2011, Nadal starred in the feet of Emporio Armani's underwear, where his partner for the frame was Megan Fox. Later, the athlete appeared in the video presentation of car models of the Kia brand. In 2018, the Babolat commercial was with the participation of Nadal at the personal page of the athlete in "Instagram".
2019 began for Nadal with several defeats. But already in May, the Spaniard took Revenge and beat the first racket of the world - Serb Novak Djokovich in the open championship of Italy by tennis. In summer, Rafael shone at Roland Garros, where, due to the victory in the final over the Australian, Dominica Tim won his 12th title. Wimbledon also submitted to the tennisist: the public after the 3-hour match with Nick Kirosom spent Nadal long applause.
Rafael got another victory in August at the Masters 1000 tournament in Montreal. And in September 2019, the Spanish athlete beat Russian Daniel Medvedev in the final of the US Open Championship in New York. The champion suggested that soon the Russian tennis player would loudly declare himself at the tournaments of the Grand Slam. Praise, by the way, came, a year later, Medvedev went around Nadal in the semifinals of the outtage tournament ATP.
During the match with Argentinee Federico Delbonis, held within the framework of Australian Open, Rafael survived, according to him, the most terrible moment in the entire career on the court. He hit the girl heading the ball. After the incident, the athlete apologized to the victim and kissed her on the cheek.
Personal life
In the personal life of Raphael Nadal is distinguished by enviable constancy. In 2005, he began to meet with the girl Maria Francesco Perello, who met thanks to the sister Alice.
Young people tried to hide the romance from journalists, but over time the press began to notice the mother of an athlete in Mary's company.
In 2015, in an interview with Rafael and his girl stated that they dream to create a family and make children. Information that Maria became the official wife of the tennis player appeared in the press after 4 years.
The wedding passed without journalists, but was quite lush. Among the 350 guests were attended by Rafael's colleagues - athletes, and special guests were the King of Spain Juan Carlos and his wife Sophia.
Rafael Nadal now
Despite the increased competition from the new generation of tennis players, now Nadal seeks to fight and defeat no less than in adolescence.In the quarterfinals of the "Masters" in Monte Carlo Rafael met with Andrei Rublev, with whom he had long been familiar. The Russian in adolescence visited the Academy of Nadal at a personal invitation. After that, the athletes met twice on Hard with disappointing for Andrey result.
However, the meeting on the soil in the spring of 2021 turned into an unexpected way. Spaniard lost, but with dignity, recognizing that the Russian tennis player was better.
Another spring tournament passed for Rafael much better. Nadal beat Stefanos of Tsizizipas in the ATP World Championship Finals in Barcelona, where he participated 12 times and won the same time.
Achievements and awards
- Winner of 19 Large Helmet Tournaments in Single Difference
- Olympic champion in 2008 in a single discharge
- Olympic champion 2016 in the double room
- Owner of a career "Golden Helmet"
- The only owner of the "Red Helmet"
- Delight-time winner of the Open Championship of France in Tennis
- Two-time winner of the Wimbledon tournament
- Four-time winner of the US Open Championship
- Winner of the Australian Open Championship
- Winner of 35 Tournaments of the Masters series
- Fourfold owner of the Davis Cup in the Spanish national team
- The best ATP tour player