Rafael Nadal On His Rivalry With Roger Federer

Rafael Nadal On His Rivalry With Roger Federer | David Letterman

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@lornawilliams550 Ай бұрын

How time flies. The shyness, humility and smile of Rafa endure and are so endearing. I'll miss this amazing warrior, but I'll be cheering for him at the Davis Cup ❤

@graziflorida4377 Ай бұрын

.....where did the time go ?!?!?! Unbelievable and sad, i am 57 and get panic attacks when i think about , I was fine until 49. At 50 i started a slow overall collapse....

@GiuseppeSALVAGGIO Ай бұрын

@@graziflorida4377 Same to me

@andrewpecora3213 Ай бұрын

This is a true athlete full of sportsmanship. His main quality, in my opinion, is/was his humility. He never was over confident, arrogant, or disrespectful. He made the game better and other players better. We will never forget Rafa. Vamos, Rafa!

@Betty77168 Ай бұрын

Totally agree

@robins.g.9689 Ай бұрын

One of the most special athletes ever. What an awesome sportsman. Best wishes

@Deadfoot-Dan Ай бұрын

This guy was always my favorite tennis player, and I'm not even a tennis fan, but I always liked to watch him play (and sweat profusely, and that routine before each serve) and I admired the way he never gave up when he would get down early and always find a way to come back and win. Guy was a fighter, and a true champion in every sense by the way he played.

@abukhalidali1823 Ай бұрын

100% I Call Nadal The Ultimate Fighter of all time in Tennis History . The one and Only Rafa Nadal.

@Ivan77-ik8ql Ай бұрын

@@abukhalidali1823 Gladiator 😜

@rituparnamarik3185 Ай бұрын

There is so much innocence on his face..

@viviennelim7895 Ай бұрын

Rafa is my all time favorite! Rafa is the reason I started following and watching Tennis. Not only Tennis, he's humble and good sportsmanship. Definitely will miss him ❤

@Despicablejc Ай бұрын

he was 25 years back then and now he just retired at 38 , time goes by fast

@jamesbyrne9312 Ай бұрын

It really does. F----k

@MSDOGS1976 Ай бұрын

Boy it sure does. Seems like yesterday I was given a bday party on my 40th…..black cake and all. Now I’m 70. 😧

@PonticelloMotorsport Ай бұрын

The realness behind that "sometimes it's better if he's not there"

@marisavaliente7258 Ай бұрын

Rafa gorgeous and nice to talk to, natural and shy, and great after all even then. It was easy to think he will be a great champion and a legend. Vamos Rafa ❤🇪🇸

@PAVEL-JAKL Ай бұрын

I loved watching Rafa play, we all gonna miss him..🥺

@bunnylover1340 Ай бұрын

Just love this guy. So competitive, respectful and always professional. Everything he says sounds cute with that accent ❤

@Qbal8 Ай бұрын

All his great matches are on KZbin and I have watched them more than once. The 2022 Aussie final was the greatest comeback. Thank you Rafa! 🎾🎾🎾🎾🎾🎾🎾🎾🎾🎾🎾🎾🎾🎾🎾🎾🎾🎾🎾🎾🎾🎾

@Spurdie_Sparrow Ай бұрын

My heart never changes. It was a very nice interview with Rafa.

@KungEMuller Ай бұрын

Rafael was an excellent talk show guest. Wow!

@tetecar6366 Ай бұрын

My favorite athlete across all sports.

@anocri Ай бұрын

My GOAT. Watched him all my life, and I love him to death.

@syeedchowdhury2501 Ай бұрын

Dude let him talk

@aditvakil8161 Ай бұрын

yeah this interview was horrible lmao

@pboni Ай бұрын

This was pretty common in the letterman show

@alexmartin3143 Ай бұрын

Dude knew 10 words of english

@syeedchowdhury2501 Ай бұрын

@@alexmartin3143 Dude was allowed to speak 10 word in English... and if low amount of English is a problem.. get a translator or don't invite..but if you invite let him talk.. we ain't here to listen to the old man.... as if English language is a novelty lol

@bettyschoval3214 Ай бұрын

he is adorable in this interview

@felixwatkins958 Ай бұрын

It's funny watching players get interviewed out of context. Nadal looks a little uncomfortable here but what a great representative and champion of tennis he has been.

@kfos7954 Ай бұрын

Ahhh he looks so young and shy. Letterman is not an easy interview, he’s all over the place. 😂

@robertoiannucci4881 Ай бұрын

The ultimate warrior.

@darlenecherbak4042 Ай бұрын

I watched a poll of ATP players & the question was if you had one player to save your life by winning a tennis match who would it be-almost all said Rafa because of his never-say-never determination. That quality will NEVER be equaled. Vamos Rafa.

@DS-182 Ай бұрын

Don't worry folks, he's not dead he's just retiring...😂

@DeadlyPants123 Ай бұрын

My mum thought so because of a clickbait article

@DS-182 Ай бұрын

@DeadlyPants123 i tell my mom when celebrities pass all the time , and after a while was wondering how I knew so quickly... I told her I'm subscribed to "David letterman celebrity obituary channel" on KZbin...

@siggylloyd3566 Ай бұрын

What's the difference? Same could be said of Letterman? 😂

@boomerang8909 Ай бұрын

For his channel, he uploads videos weekly, and if any career or life changes, another video. Nadal retires even sooner than Federer.

@lornawilliams550 Ай бұрын

😂😂 I still mourn the loss with his retirement, though I love these memories

@Shankar-Bhaskar Ай бұрын

Roger was right about Rafa in his documentary, Rafa is a shy guy.

@Blue-ik8ij Ай бұрын

Probably not but still not that comfortable expressing himself in English like Roger or Novak.

@Shankar-Bhaskar Ай бұрын

@@Blue-ik8ij I think he speaks pretty good English, he just seems to be naturally shy and timid.

@anjum2008 Ай бұрын

@@Shankar-BhaskarAn Indian calling Nadal timid? I'll be damned.

@Shankar-Bhaskar Ай бұрын

@@anjum2008 why? What's wrong with an Indian calling Nadal timid?

@anjum2008 Ай бұрын

@@Shankar-Bhaskar Nadal is intrinsically shy and not as extrovert as Federer or Djokovic but a shy person isn't necessarily always a timid one. Take Sachin Tendulkar for example. He is one of the nicest and most courteous cricketers ever to play the game but at the same time hit every bowler in the world at his leisure. Would you call Tendulkar timid? No. Just like that Nadal is one of the greatest Tennis players in the history and no timid player could ever achieve what Nadal did. So calling him timid is just plain nonsensical. As far the irony of an Indian calling a professional sportsman timid. Well, Indians are few of the most docile, subservient and skittish people I ever came across in UK, probably second only to Bangladeshis. So it's like the pot calling the kettle black.

@janeceeastwood8035 Ай бұрын

Rafa is, and always has been, a real class act. Now both of my favorites will be gone.

@elizabethsalvia4075 Ай бұрын

I love you Vamos Rafa I'm going to miss you . ❤️❤️❤️

@JackSilbert Ай бұрын

A great champion!

@fmartin09 Ай бұрын

A true CHAMPION!

@JoJo-Mo-63 Ай бұрын

A living Legend ❤

@jpeyton62 Ай бұрын

As Carole King said, "Dave, why do you sit so tall..." Love Nadal, what a legacy he has left as a player and ambassador of tennis and Spain.

@TahseenKamal 18 күн бұрын

Love Rafa’s look. The jumper looks so simple yet beautiful. He is always so well dressed ❤

@themysticalwanderer36 Ай бұрын

He is a legend

@CarlosRamTx Ай бұрын

I'm curious how you post these videos so fast after an announcement. He just announced his retirement. I know it's probably automated. But to go into your archives and pull specific clips this fast is impressive.

@greg.murphy Ай бұрын

if the episodes are already digitized, it's just making the thumbnail, a few quick edits, and upload. Sometimes, there is advance word.

@TFinSF Ай бұрын

The ghost of Carnac the Magnificent gives the Letterman channel a heads up just before the rest of the world knows these things.

@dielaughing73 Ай бұрын

@@greg.murphy no-one needed advanced word in this case. The whole tennis world has been anticipating this for years. In fact, plenty of his fans have been willing it so he can go out with some dignity rather than crashing out of the first round of a bunch of tournaments and exacerbating his already debilitating injuries. I love the man more than any other sportsman but he should have retired at least a year ago..

@vika0194 Ай бұрын

Probably have 100 unlisted and ready videos on their channels waiting to be uploaded.

@shabzone Ай бұрын

Thank the interns

@MercedesRomeroRomero-p3b Ай бұрын

!Vamos Rafa! ❤❤❤❤

@Telescope1994 Ай бұрын

Grande Rafa, que gran aura tienes. Una leyenda

@martharitter3737 Ай бұрын

Great Tennis Player and Great Guy!😍

@itsmeprasad1987 Ай бұрын

My GOAT

@Betty77168 Ай бұрын

Such a silly interviewer, why doesn't he ask him serious questions rather than as if he is looking for laughs and talking to a 3 year old. He asks a question, like "how long do you want to play, you know Borg and McEnroe had a rivalry - what happened to the question of how long does he want to play"? What an awful interviewer!

@Profesah_411 Ай бұрын

Yeah was really bad. Waste of an opportunity to interview an absolute legend.

@diaamahmoud4512 Ай бұрын

Great Champion .. Roger Fan

@MichaelJamesLorinReviews-wg8br Ай бұрын

The more I listen to these interviews, Dave wasn't nearly as good an interviewer as Johnny Carson. Too abrupt an interviewing style that can sound more like an inquisition rather than a conversation.

@markjackson6431 Ай бұрын

trust me, he’s a lot better than this. the difference between Dave and Jay is Dave is a broadcaster. that’s something Carson even said. you’re only as good as your guests.

@andrewb76 Ай бұрын

terrible interviewing style imo.

@UnknownDreamOfficial Ай бұрын

Viva España 🇪🇸

@Ivan77-ik8ql Ай бұрын

Gracias amigo!!

@Brytmalakai19 Ай бұрын

We can’t forget him 😅

@unknownuser0006 Ай бұрын

So it's Dave's fault that he had severe cramps during the press conference :D

@williamcombis4836 Ай бұрын

funny, literally happened within a fortnight

@Edgardocarbonell-i2n Ай бұрын

This interview took place when he was 25 years old

@normancook965 28 күн бұрын

I believe Nadal's other-worldly mental toughness and personal goodness came from the mindset of going into every single match always believing he COULD win but never believing he WOULD win. 100% confidence and 0% arrogance.

@MarianoAlonsoYEMET Ай бұрын

Oh man, I really miss those days of the Fedal supremacy. Rafa's a legend!

@sandy239b6 Ай бұрын

Yeah, Nole ended it! 😅

@TheVijaySaravana Ай бұрын

He definitely is a smart looking young man!

@brotherd9904 Ай бұрын

God I'm going to miss him on tour... IRREPLACEABLE

@sjakert1 Ай бұрын

Wow what a horrible interview, interrupting every answer to talk more himself. Shame Letterman...

@dowde2-ol5kl Ай бұрын

It's so bad

@ITSLIKEARIVER2000 Ай бұрын

“YOU LIKE?” 😂 Rafa was my guy…I can’t take this well that it’s coming to an end.

@iskrafitcheva7524 Ай бұрын

FEDAL FOREVER ❣️

@michelez715 Ай бұрын

Did Letterman do ANY research for this interview? He didn't seem to know Rafa was from Majorca, thought he manufactured racquets, didn't seem to understand the concept of sponsorship for a product, what an idiot.

@Jadido7 Ай бұрын

2011, that was the first Djokovic super season

@JCMacDonald Ай бұрын

little did he know djokovic was embarking on his quest in the 2011-2012 season lol

@TheRafaelBond Ай бұрын

Absolutely terrible interview from letterman. Serious WTF interview. Didnt let him get a full sentence in.

@canski5646 Ай бұрын

Nadal never lossed at french finals, djoki never lossed at aussie finlas but FEDSQAUSH lossed 4 times at Wimbledon finals to djoki and nadal

@zainfancy1111 Ай бұрын

Rafa will always be the GOAT

@DanielTheWalrus Ай бұрын

Spanic Tom Cruise

@Tennislover511 Ай бұрын

Just to be clear folks the year this interview was filmed he was 3-1 against Federer and 0-6 and djokovic

@shikhab2250 Ай бұрын

He is so shy when that undergarment pic was shown how did he ever do the photoshoot 😅 with federer and him both retired tennis has lost the charm for me i still like to watch medvedev and carlos and sinner but that magic isnt there for me anymore 😢

@GGGinJe Ай бұрын

Too bad this fine young man appeared on this fools show.

@boomerang8909 Ай бұрын

I didn't know David can swing... tennis rackets.

@ds9908 Ай бұрын

He would be a good guest for the Barbara Gaines Show, which I hope is back from hiatus soon. Is there a writers’ strike or something? We need more Barbara. And that other lady too. And the chatty old guy. They have chemistry. And I am sure Rafa Nadal would fit right in. Ok I am done now.

@josealvim6596 Ай бұрын

NADAL IMPROOVE HIS TENNIS BECAUSE DJOKOVIC AS DJOKOVIC IMPROOVE BECAUSE HIM !! BOTH BROUGHT TENNIS FOR A NEW LEVEL !!

@aditvakil8161 Ай бұрын

RIP ..one of the best to ever do it.

@amyelizabeth529 Ай бұрын

Don't worry. Rafa is still alive... just announced his retirement after he plays Davis Cup soon.

@riyaisnotokay Ай бұрын

Omg he’s not dead 🤡🤡

@estebansanchezsevilla1930 Ай бұрын

"that's gonna be a lawsuit" 😂😂 right after zooming a ball into the audience

@shahg25 Ай бұрын

David L 80% Nadal 20%

@trootzy Ай бұрын

Nadal GOAT

@S1L3NTG4M3R Ай бұрын

Hey Dave!

@therealityoftruth1823 Ай бұрын

Goat retires , even mma goat retires in November

@willgregor4392 Ай бұрын

Letterman has the charisma of a toad here

@OO-ts5ow Ай бұрын

letterman is soooooooool annoying. he keeps interrupting rafa, like he needs to bridge 'the english' gap. he does not know that rafa is intelligent and more fun to listen to him than this letterman

@monilparikh5171 Ай бұрын

they talked baout roger but his greatest rivalry was with novak, no doubt about it. Novak was that late to spring up..always behind these 2 and in a decade he eclipse both ..

@benwright6330 Ай бұрын

Tom Cruise if he was a Nice boy

@markpennings4290 Ай бұрын

25 years old, he is much older. ????

@dielaughing73 Ай бұрын

Yes he is older now, if that's what you mean

@04steen Ай бұрын

Rafa, ets el millor

@lindasapiecha2515 Ай бұрын

👍👏😊

@jamesbyrne9312 Ай бұрын

This is very old

@paulwortman483 Ай бұрын

Damn I wanted to be 1st...

@JaneDoe-lq3du Ай бұрын

Letterman is so cringe!

@graziflorida4377 Ай бұрын

We will NEVER see again 3 players like Djokovic, Nadal and Federer. The best player, according to numbers is Novak. Then comes everything else, the personality the style etc. Novak is not loved as much probably because of his culture and his personality. But tennis wise, he is the GOAT, THIS IS A FACT ! Novak is also a very hard working player. Nadal has a funnier side , better looking than Novak. Roger is probably the most talented of the 3. However , there are so many players with amazing talent that didn't make it to the top 10 and viceversa. Look at Medvedev, he has not much of talent, yet he made it to number 1 and won GS with 100% of dedication, will and very hard work.