Rafael Nadal opens up on Roger Federer rivalry

Rafael Nadal admits that his rivalry with Roger Federer has been “intense”. Nadal, Federer and another tennis player Novak Djokovic have been dominating in recent years. “I think it is a little bit of everything,” Nadal said as quoted by the Express. “We have had a really intense rivalry in our careers but it has been very healthy. “It has been a respectful rivalry and we ave reached a stage in our lives where it is not all about winning. [We] also know that this is a game. And there are many other things in life that are more important than a game, than a match. “And of course there have been some moments with more tension. But like everything else in life, both he and myself, we had very clearly in our minds that the human relations are more important than the tennis rivalry.” Nadal is currently the number one and he will level with Federer at the top of the all-time Grand Slam winners, should he win the Australian Open this month. Source- tenishead

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