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\u201cI think it\u2019s going to be something interesting, that people are going to know more about my personal life, my daily life trying to come back. And of course they\u2019re going to know more about my career, even if it\u2019s very well known around, but to know a little bit more from inside, something that has never been talked about before,\u201d Nadal said of the upcoming [Netflix]\u00a0project.<\/p>\n
\u2026 Would he consider coaching another player in future? \u201cYou never say never,\u201d the Spaniard said. \u201cToday it\u2019s too early to think about this kind of stuff. I just need to organize my life. Now I don\u2019t see myself in any project like this, but I don\u2019t know how life is going to be in one, two, three years.\u201d<\/p>\n
The two-time Olympic champion (singles at Beijing 2008 and doubles at Rio 2016), ended his Olympic career at his favourite Grand Slam venue of them all, Roland-Garros, where he won a record 14 French Opens. However, the clearly ailing veteran \u2013 who like Murray had struggled with injuries \u2013 lost in the second round of singles play in straight sets to eventual gold medallist Djokovic.<\/p>\n
The 22-time Grand Slam singles champion also partnered\u00a0Carlos Alcaraz\u00a0in the doubles tournament, exiting \u2013 just as Murray and Evans did \u2013 in the quarter-finals. Nadal\u00a0confirmed his retirement\u00a0in October, and ended his career with a\u00a0defeat in M\u00e1laga\u00a0the following month as Spain lost to Netherlands in the last eight.<\/p>\n
Nadal won\u00a0five Davis Cup titles\u00a0during his illustrious career, and is one of only three men \u2013 the others being Djokovic and\u00a0Andre Agassi\u00a0\u2013 to have won all four Grand Slams and an Olympic singles gold medal.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen the outfield meets the infield, the grass meets the dirt\u2026 seeing that from above, I saw a hybrid tennis court,\u201d said Del Campo, who had previously tried unsuccessfully to arrange a mixed-surface match between Pete Sampras and Gustavo Kuerten, the leading grass and clay players before the Federer-Nadal era.<\/p>\n
Del Campo first approached Nadal and Federer\u2019s teams in 2005 with the idea and both eventually agreed to an exhibition match on the mixed surfaces, with the Swiss saying it would be \u201cfun\u201d and \u201cexciting\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think that the idea was irresistible for both Federer and Nadal,\u201d Del Campo told the\u00a0BBC\u2019s Sporting Witness podcast.<\/p>\n
Construction of the court took 19 days, costing $1.63m (\u00a31.28m), and organisers had to tackle a worm infestation, but finally the court \u2013 described as \u201cone of the best images that I\u2019ve ever seen in tennis\u201d by Djokovic \u2013 was ready.<\/p>\n
VIDEO:<\/strong>\u00a0In a podcast episode with\u00a0The Slice Tennis<\/em>,\u00a0Felix Auger-Aliassime<\/strong>\u00a0revealed that Toni Nadal is no longer his coach. However, Felix added that he is not the type of person who feels the need to publicly announce their parting ways on social media. He emphasized that it was a mutual decision, and there are no hard feelings. Felix also mentioned being very nervous when he first played Rafa Nadal at the Madrid Open in 2019. He noted that he had trained a few times at the Rafa Nadal Academy in Mallorca, where he practiced with Rafa. Felix repeatedly stated that Rafa was \u201csuper, super humble,\u201d even though they never had any long conversations.<\/p>\n