Rafa Nadal’s Human Face: “People Think I Was a Winner. I’m Not a Winner, I’m a Competitor”

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It could be said that Rafael Nadal has been for tennis what Julius Caesar represented for ancient Rome. A dominant figure, fiercely competitive and seemingly indestructible. For more than two decades, the balear has built one of the most legendary trajectories in the history of sport, living together from a very young age with the physical pain and pressure inherent to the elite. “Come on Rafa”, the cry that so many times resounded on the tracks…