Rafa Nadal and His Childhood in Manacor: "My Father Worked a Lot, He Woke Me up and He Was No Longer at Home"

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Rafa Nadal has recalled his childhood in Manacor as a happy, familiar stage closely linked to sport, but also marked by an idea that he understood from a young age: in his home, effort was mandatory. His father, Sebastià Nadal, worked so many hours that many mornings Rafa would wake up and he had already left, an image that he still retains. "My father worked a lot, I remember many times when I woke up he was no longer there," he explained. Befo…