The “goodbye” of Rafa Nadal tennis will be remembered for a long time. Not only because it is the farewell of one of the best in history, but also because of the reactions it aroused. Rafa put an end to a dream career.
Due to its rivalry with Nadal, Roger Federer And Novak Djokovic were the authors of the greatest number of messages sound and emotional but the truth is that a large part of the circuit male and female He wanted to say goodbye to her.
American tennis player Coco Gauff wanted to say goodbye to what she says is one of her main inspirations: “My favorite person to see play. Sometimes we talk about withdrawals as if they were dead. Honestly, she’s my favorite person to watch practice. The intensity he brought on the training pitch and during matches is something that has no comparison“.
“I was a little excited watching the videobecause Rafa is everything I knew when I was little. I’m sure that I have won Roland Garros almost all my life. I guess it’s unfortunate and happens to everyone someday. I hope it was in your conditions. I know that maybe this year he hasn’t had as many injury-free moments as he would have liked,” Gauff admitted at a press conference.
Beyond her game and her titles, the young American tennis player has good memories of Rafa for a detail he had with her: “I remember that he congratulated me last year for reach the Roland Garros final. say one somersault because I couldn’t believe he was talking to me.”
“It was great soft. We were both waiting on the ferry, it was the last shuttle of the day, around 11 p.m. Carlos was there too, but he didn’t have one. It’s something I’ll remember, I will tell my childrenbecause it means a lot to me”, concludes Gauff.
