Rafael Nadal

Big fight, big tennis stars.

Federer, Novak, Nadal, just an example.

And they all lost in Grand Slam finals.

I mean, you're not running to that guy.

We're not going to get that sort of duo again, like tennis.

We're not going to get Federer, Djokovic and Nadal again at the same time.

It's like one of those things.

And don't get me wrong, Mbappe, Jamal, these guys are incredible players and Kane as well.

But I think, I come back, so much has been said about Kane, it's not really possible to come up with anything fresh.

But I always remember when we, because we spoke to him, I mean, Kane, I think, is the only player in terms of, journalists where we had a thing once in a couple of times in the mix zone where we basically said let's not bother Harry today because he was speaking almost every week at one point for Spurs when he was kind of like the talisman of the team but not a superstar and he was sort of so kind of humble that he would always just kind of come over and we sort of felt after a while we were like let's not let's not ask Harry today because you know he does it every week let's let's give him a rest I don't think any other player has that ever happened to and it's funny to think now because you know he's the best footballer in the world and and and most kind of superstar players are much more much more selective about when they speak to the media but that was kind of like you know very much symptomatic of his of his personality and the other memory I have again in a mix zone once was when he was he was a really good and when he must have been sort of early on in his kind of Pochettino career and he was he basically like said pretty openly with a completely straight face as though he was just kind of talking about anything and he kind of said that he you know he wanted to to get to the same level as as Messi and Ronaldo in terms of their numbers you know and we all sort of thought afterwards you know just kind of we all raised our eyebrows and thought you know that seems you know he's a good player but he's not going to get to that level but you know he has in a way like he has like you know okay you know his numbers are comparable with with the best of the modern era you know and he's had in terms of goals that you know what is it the second best since Messi in 2012 I think it is you know he's And I come back to the idea that I see Kane in the same kind of bracket as, you know, an Andy Murray type sportsman, where he wasn't sort of blessed with, you know, the natural ability of Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, just as Kane wasn't with Messi and Ronaldo.

But he worked his way to be in that kind of bracket just by sheer hard work and determination.

I think that's why everyone is almost doubly pleased that he won that award.

What about this one? Win one point on match point.

So you've got Djokovic, Nadal, Federer.

I'm going

Fed.

I know, I know.

Okay, next tennis tidbit is that Asselin Books, which is a luxury publisher founded in Paris in 1994, released the definitive coffee table book on Rafael Nadal.

This publisher did the same thing for Federer in 2024, right?

Do you not? I've never seen this book in your home.

Well, we'll talk about that and we'll talk about why these books are not cheap.

Okay.

There were basically visual biographies that have like, let's say the Nadal book is like over 300 pages.

It has over 350 photographs.

Or you're playing someone ranked higher than you.

You're playing the fetter of your tournament, the Nadal.

Someone that you shouldn't or your arch nemesis.

And I remember, like, I go back, you know, to my competing days, my college days.

as the 41-year-old Swiss star was beaten by eight-seed Jeri Lehetske in front of a packed home crowd.

Wawrinka leaves the sport as a three-time Grand Slam champion and former world number three, having famously defeated world number ones Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic in major finals.

The popular Swiss won 16 ATP titles during a distinguished career spanning more than two decades, while Lehetske advanced to the last 16 to face Daniel Altmaier.

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