Rafa Nadal, the best

I am a real fan of sports. I have always liked them. I imagine that, in a way, I admire those sportsmen, who are able to do things I can’t. I have dreamt a lot of times with being an Espanyol’s football player in a derby, a tennis player winning Roland Garros or an athlete winning the gold medal in the Olympics. As I said before, I know I will never have the chance, but dreams are still free.

I remember when I was younger, that I admired a Miguel Indurain a lot. He was a Spanish cyclist who won, for the first time in history, five consecutive Tours of France. He was incredible and an example for everybody. Probably, he was one of my first idols and he made me love a so exciting sport as cycling.

However, I think I have found a better sportsman than Miguel Indurain: Rafa Nadal. A few days ago, Nadal won his ninth, yes his ninth, Roland Garros. Nobody has one so many Grand Slam in a row and  he also has been able to win one of the big four in the last ten years. I really admire Nadal, I love seeing him play, his effort, his ambition.

At the start of the season Nadal arrived to the Australia Open final. He lost against Wawrinka because a back injury. When the clay season started, he surprised us loosing in one of his favorite tournaments, Montecarlo, against David Ferrer. In Barcelona, he didn’t do better but in Madrid he was able to win despite Nishikori effort. In Rome, again, he got to the final but he lost against Djokovic.

As usual, a lot of people started to say that he was finished, that Djokovic will win easily his first Roland Garros and that Rafa wouldn’t get very far. Again, Rafa showed everybody that he is a number one; the best. He arrived to the final winning Murray or Ferrer and still some people thought he would lose against the Serbian. When the first set went for Djokovic, in all the forums you could read that the tournament was for Nole. But, again, they were wrong.

Nadal played his best tennis and finally won Djokovic in four sets. Once more, he showed everybody that he is one of the best tennis players ever and that he is the king of clay. I thing he is an example and a lot of people should take him as one. Maybe he is not the player with more talent, but he never ever fails; he always does his best.

What I admire more from him is that he keeps on fighting. He has his life resolved, plenty of money but he likes to win, he doesn’t get tired. I think this is something everybody should take note. The way he plays, he runs, he fights… we all should take example. Obviously, we will never become super champs as him, but in our lives it will be very good to make an effort as he does playing. Probably, everything would work better.