Journalist specializing in tennis for the Spanish newspaper The country, Alejandro Ciriza is also the author of a book on Rafael Nadal, “Vamos, Rafa!” » (Conecta, 2023), in which he recounts little-known details of the man’s life at the 14 Roland-Garros.
Recently interviewed by our colleagues from Clay on the Spaniard’s body which is both his greatest strength and his greatest weakness, Ciriza felt that he had more of a footballer’s body.
“The story of Rafa Nadal is very contradictory, like that of Alcaraz: his body is both his great asset and his great obstacle. It’s a miracle that Nadal is a tennis player because of his body. Under normal circumstances, he should weigh between 85 and 90 kilograms, which is very heavy, and he is not as tall as today’s players. So it’s a miracle that he was able to become a tennis player, that he had this constitution and that he could move the way he did… He has the body of a footballer. »
Published on Wednesday November 1, 2023 at 6:38 p.m.
2023-11-01 17:38:57
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