Murray spot on as always. Roger honest but a bit salty as would be expected (he had just gone untouched for 4 YEARS)

sorry to break the news to you, but it's a well known fact that Dopal has been doping his whole career, yes they get tested but the authorities probably turn a blind eye because it will hurt their revenue if they ban him as they very well should! Bottom line is Dopal is a well known drug cheat. He is the equivalent of Lance Armstrong. The truth will be revealed to the world after he retires. Same as the Lance Armstrong story!! Proof is in the pudding. No 36 year old can perform 4 hour plus matches and not get tired, younger player are affected 10 years younger. Other irrefutable evidence is the profuse sweating and the premature baldness, both clear signs of performance enhancing drugs such as steroids etc. His legacy will forever be tarnished and question marks will always remain. Unlike Roger Federer and the true goat Novak Djokovic

@8:18 how Murray suggests that Nadal's gonna be the best clay court player.... And how it panned out?

this content is 14 yrs old now... hope 2022 magically turns out like 2008-2009 for Rafa... for all that he has gone thru bcz of tennis he deserves the highest honor from the game... no one else deserves to get it...

This is the attitude of a champion. An incredible fighter and amazing player. Many people can hit a tennis ball well. But do they know how to have a winners spirit, like Rafa? Insane player

And he is the first male tennis player to 21GS😌❤️

best series of interviews of the early Rafa years... this interviewer is probably the kindest of them all to Rafa... very nice...

too good Rafa as a young child... nobody like him... he is not friends with fed because of his poor English... what a sad comment from this great kid... why does he have to be so apologetic about not being fluent in a not-so-great-language... :-(

the shanghai interviewer's style is so funny...trying so hard to impress Rafa with his english... Rafa will be the last person to get impressed :-)

Along with Rahul Dravid he is my one of the most respected person in life

It is 2021 now and he is a legend and great ambassador of the game.

Everyone talks in this video except out dear little Rafa...

Rafa is such a simple kid... too down to earth... humble for his own good...but a rare type of individual...hope life has good things in store for him and makes his dream come true for him and his near and dear people...

Watching this in 2021 makes the players comments so disrespectful 😂. Especially when Andy said he’ll be at the top of clay for 4-5 years but ended up being 12 lol

Anyone know what background music song this is?

Who is here in 2021?

So Murray in 2008 thought Rafa wd continue to be the best clay court player in the world "for another 4 to 5 years, until someone else comes along." Great prediction, Andy! Here we are in 2020, and Rafa is STILL the best clay courter in the world. Shows how much Andy knows.

why is this even recommended to me? it’s 2020 lol

"He's gonna be the best claycourt player for the next four or five years." Fastforward 12 years to 2020...

天哪 纳达尔还上过央视一套哈哈哈哈

I was at that quarterfinal match in Cincinnati when Rafa clinched the #1 ranking for the 1st time. Roger lost to Isner which meant a Rafa win would elevate him to the top spot in the rankings the following Monday. After Rafa won, the crowd was going absolutely CRAZY! We watched Rafa soak up all the much deserved love and adoration, with respect for his long, hard fought journey to the top of Men’s Tennis. VAMOS❣️💪🏽👏🏾👑#1🇪🇸

Over 11 years later, he still without a doubt the best clay court player

Rafa is incredible

My rafa is always the only one who has special game so exasting nice prrsonality good behavior and he will always be mine player

Rafa the best ever srbia loves yoy

2018 💜

The champ 💥💗😍💗💔 and he is Also greatest légendes Ever 😍😘😘

Prodigy!

This is a really good interview,I like the interviewer & the questions

10 years later....11 Roland Garros...hats off!

8 years Later and it's still "apart they dominate, together they orchestrate" truly magnificent rivals.

He also stopped picking his undies out of his buttcrack. I always wondered how you can Play at his Level but still be unable to choose the right clothes to wear. How could his team let this go on for so long and why was he never disqualified for it like they disqualify players for cussing?

Who is watching this in 2017?

Rafa is a child prodigy ! Seriously, he and djokovic both did justice to their talents. However, murray did not. Federer on the other hand plays the game so beautifully and artistically. He can make any guy fall in love with tennis by just watching him play.

I never really saw Rafa over the years cause I am Federer's fan and the only time I saw was when they played each other..but rafa was soo cute haha..he has an amazing smile.

I can imagine Balears island is very beautiful and picturesque after watching the advertisement.Rafa,you did great job

I think nadal is the best because just think he fought normally guys just dream becoming no.1 while nadal stays awake and does it

rafa is one of the best competitors/athletes ever..such a great temperament/mind/discipline for the game..

One of the greatest to ever play the game!!

RF + RN = Records + Great Humans Tennis has ever produced...

No nadal roger rivalry is still bigger than nadal djockovic

and 5 years after... Nadal is a legend too He has handled it BETTER than Roger as mentioned in th vdo 1)13 grandslams 2)26 ATP masters 3)8 French opens 4)2 Wimbledons 5)2 Us opens 4)1 Australian Open 5)Career Slam 6)Olympic Gold medal 7)Only person in the open era to have won at least one grand slam in 9 consecutive years 8) THE BEST CLAY COURT PLAYER EVER 9)The most Resilient Player Ever Give him 2 more years ..time to win 4 more grandslams.... He becomes THE BEST player ever....

whats this music called?

I dont think it matters anyway after all there are only 2 or 3 indoor hardcourt tournaments that the players can squeeze into their schedule ,Nadal only played 5 times in WTF 3 or 4 times in Paris and 4 times in Madrid (when it was played indoors) in his entire career. The difference in indoors from the outdoors is that the aerodynamics of the court is completely different,and makes the bounce more predictable and easy to take earlier than in outdoors and that helps Federer tremendously

I do wonder why it's 4-0 Federer for indoor. It's easy to chalk it up to Nadal tapering off at the end of the year and not being at his best, but not even winning one? Something seems suspect. I think I've read that each hard court surface plays differently. Or maybe Nadal is claustrophobic. I think there is some explanation behind it because it's the only surface where Nadal doesn't have one win and take into consideration that he has a 7-2 on outdoor hard courts.

Most of the time nobody even mentions if it's indoors or outdoors hardcourts ,they say the head to head on hardcourts in general. With Nadal and Federer i think they separate them because it looks ridiculous for Federer to lead just grass by such a small margin (2-1)

Rafa Nadal simply the best

Nadal-Djokovic will go down as an even bigger rivalry than the Rafa-Roger rivalry!

Not so fast. They are even on hard courts, but if you dissect it further things get interesting. On indoor hard courts, Federer is up 4-0. On outdoor hardcourts, it's 7-2 Nadal. So it's more like, Wimbledon 2-1 Federer, Clay, 13-2 Nadal, Hard Courts 7-2 Nadal, Hard Courts(i) 4-0 Federer.

i guess you have the unsportmanship attitude not rafa though