Roland Garros It is in full development, with its confirmations and its surprises, but it is impossible to leave behind what lived on Sunday in the unforgettable tribute to Rafael Nadal. It costs to isolate yourself from so many emotions: your entry to Philippe Chatrier under an ovation, one more in your career; The special moment he dedicated to Uncle Tonihis mentor and coach; The complicit greeting to His grandmothers Isabel and María Ana94 and 92 years respectively, who visited that court for the second time in their lives because they had already done so in 2024 in the last game of their famous grandson; The gesture of love towards His wife Mery When he discovered that he lacked a page of his speech and had no choice but to improvise (“I don’t need it”said); the detail of the plate with its name, its footprint, the Musketeer Cup and the number 14; And, of course, the summit meeting at the most famous brick dust center in the world with Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer y Andy Murray. No one could have thought better. And nothing could have left better.
The sun fell in Paris and while many of theirs (relatives, especially) still continued in the gallery still drying the tears, Nadal enjoyed in the internal halls of the main stadium with his little son and his old adversaries and today friends. “Our legacy is that … there are things beyond the results”said Mallorcan later.
Nadal had arrived at Roland Garros five hours before the tribute. He had lunch next to Gilles Morettonthe president of the French Tennis Federation (which would later cry almost at his own), and Amelie Mauresmothe former world number 1 and director of the tournament. The two told him what would be the tribute of the one who later, on the Parisian night, the entire world would speak. He could almost walk through the club. People, by identifying their presence, completely forgot a tournament that had already begun.
In the endless journalistic game of determining what was the greatest sports achievement of all time appear Usain bolt and its three golds in the 100 meters of three consecutive Olympic Games; Simone Biles and his five titles in the 2019 World Cup; Emil zatopek and its three golds in the background tests in Helsinki 1952; Michael Phelps and its 23 Olympic gold medals; Mark Spitz and its seven Olympic titles with seven world records in Munich 1972; Skin and its three cups of the world (the first, at age 17); and even Serena Williams and its 2017 Australia title that won pregnant. But nothing, absolutely Nothing compares with the 14 Roland Garros crowns of Rafael Nadal. That is the maximum feat.
Once, when he had 10 titles, Gastón Gaudio said in an interview: “You don’t know how difficult it is to win Roland Garros and what cost me to win it once … Rafa won it ten times!”
No more discussions, Mr. Judge.
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