Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal (L) shakes hands of Real Madrid goalkeeper Iker Casillas during a Red Cross media event for a campaign to free the world from malaria at Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, 30 November 2007. AFP PHOTO / JAVIER SORIANO (Photo credit should read JAVIER SORIANO/AFP via Getty Images)
Rafael Nadal highlighted his love for Real Madrid during a recent interview and made the interviewer wait till El Clasico ended.
The Spaniard is a big fan of the La Liga giants and they were up against Barcelona in El Clasico.
Nadal is in Atlanta for the Premier Live Atlanta Challenge and takes on friend Grigor Dimitrov in a charity clash.
Fred Kalil of CBS 46 had spoken with Dimitrov and it was time for Nadal to come. However, the interviewer revealed that the Spaniard made them wait till El Clasico was over before speaking to them.
Nadal’s team defeated Barcelona 2-0 in the recent clash, and the Spaniard was asked about his uncle too.
Miguel Angel Nadal represented Barcelona for a few years and Rafael spoke about that:
“My uncle was a football player he played with Barcelona nine years and he played three World Cup. He played in United States 94, 98 France and Korea and Japan 2002.”
The Spaniard came from a sporting family and could have taken up other options too. However, he also thanked his other uncle, Tony, in helping him get into tennis.
The youngster was trained by his uncle during his formative years and he revealed that he started practising at the age of three.
Nadal then pushed on and continued training regularly after his uncle decided that tennis would be the way forward.
That was a great call by his uncle as Rafael is one of the greatest players and has won 19 Grand Slams so far.
He will be one of the favourites for the upcoming French Open too. The Spaniard has won an incredible 12 titles at Roland Garros.
Nadal has won the title in the past three years and it will be interesting to see if he wins another one.
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