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Rafa Nadal

March 4, 2011 by Iberosphere Leave a Comment

Spain’s best tennis player ever. The greatest clay court player the world has seen. The man who dethroned Roger Federer at his peak. All true, but equally so is the fact that Rafa remains utterly focused and almost painfully modest. On the tennis court, he’s a fist-pumping, grunting primate with a bandana and wicked ground-strokes; off it, he’s a quietly spoken Majorcan who looks like he can never quite believe what he’s achieved.

Filed Under: Sports Stars Tagged With: Rafa Nadal, Roger Federer, spanish sports stars, spanish tennis, spanish tennis player, tennis

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