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Sportingly speaking,
Rafa Nadal
is in an exceptional moment, and not so much because of the titles he has won in this last season -among them his
thirteenth Roland Garros,
a feat that surpasses in heroism the 12 works of Hercules-, but because of
his age in what he has done.
The Balearic tennis player turned
34
at the end of spring, and that, in professional tennis, with few exceptions, means being in injury time or, already directly, in the lower part of the curve that leads, inevitably, to the withdrawal.
But, as is already known, Rafa Nadal has come to this world to
defy logic
and rewrite the rules.
There are few cases of tennis players who have been at such
a high level at those ages.
Of course, we have the active example of
Roger Federer,
who is still a fearsome rival at
39,
and who can still be given as a favorite in all competitions to come, and the still recent one of
André Agassi,
who returned to take a United States Open when the whole world considered him finished and that he was close to closing his career,
at the age of 36,
opting again for the final of his favorite tournament.
The tennis player, this summer in Mallorca, with his father Sebastián Nadal.
In this continuity in the form of Nadal, despite the injuries, despite the interruptions of the circuit by the virus, despite all the evils that have been primed with his knee and that have sometimes sowed doubts in his game, there is a An important event, which also served Agassi, and it was when he knew that he had to
change the coach and the method to keep winning.
Nadal stopped working in the physical and strategic section with his uncle,
Toni Nadal,
and hired the services of
Carlos Moyà.
Toni Nadal had already said it in an interview:
he was becoming a difficulty for Rafa,
an impediment to progress in a delicate part of the player's career.
With Moyà, many of the dormant virtues that made Nadal an indomitable champion returned, and there he is, on the border of the great records of history: 20 Grand Slams on the men's circuit tied with Federer, the second to win more Masters 1000 titles (35), just one behind Djokovic, and more individual titles than anyone on the ATP circuit (86).
He also has the Olympic gold medal, is currently the second in the world ranking and, for having, has even the Marca Leyenda award.
Few pending accounts are already on his record.
It seems impossible that he will achieve everything, but so far he has achieved more than anyone.
Mery Perelló, wife of the tennis player.
How does this impressive sporting record translate to Rafa Nadal, the man?
First, in
reverential respect.
The values that he transmits with his game and his behavior on and off the court are well known: effort, tenacity, never give up, respect the opponent, but also make himself respected, never give a ball for lost, do not break down the gesture,
ask forgiveness
when one is wrong,
not gloating in victory
, winning without humiliating, but also without giving any advantage.
If there are guides to the life of Marcus Aurelius, Bart Simpson, Schopenhauer, Cholo Simeone and Jordan Peterson, there is another alternative guide that Rafa could write, if he wishes one day, and that could bear the title of a song by Peter Gabriel,
Don't give up
.
Then there is the personal reward.
Rafa Nadal
is a rich man,
fortunate in all aspects of life, and such is the heritage he has accumulated that he could buy an island in the Indian Ocean,
retire and live forever
as a sultan.
An estimate by
Forbes
magazine
in 2019 indicated that the amount of money accumulated in prizes throughout his career amounted to
more than 120 million gross dollars
only in financial endowments, that without counting all the income derived from his sponsorships - Nike saw him , is or has been the official image of the car brand Kia, the insurance company Mapfre and the Banco de Sabadell, etc.- and for its investments, including the shared ownership of the
Tatel
restaurant
chain
-the main investor is the Ibizan family Matutes, with contributions from shareholders such as Pau Gasol, Cristiano Ronaldo or Enrique Iglesias- and its tennis academy in Manacor, which every year receives aspiring professional tennis players who must pay a
tuition of about 56,000 euros per course,
and who have not been exempt from controversy, as the Nadal family would have taken advantage of a favorable administrative treatment by the Balearic Government to speed up the procedures and develop land.
In total, some calculations point out, Nadal's accumulated income would go to
more than 180 million
gross
dollars
accumulated in more than 15 years of professional career, to which we would have to subtract, of course,
taxes - he contributes in Spain,
so more than 55% in rates will have gone, and there have been few
inspections of the Treasury
that have regularized their situation with the Treasury, as well as investments and expenses in properties.
The amount you must have in the bank must necessarily be less, but sufficient to avoid hardship or hunger.
And he's
not even one of the highest paid athletes in the world - he's
currently around 25th place.
With his former coach and uncle, Toni Nadal, in 2010.
In spite of everything, Nadal is distinguished by a
discreet and not very ostentatious way of life,
within an order taking into account the quantities that he generates and handles.
When
he married
his longtime girlfriend, Mery Perelló (formerly Xisca), he got the press of the heart to respect the intimacy of the wedding, and he has never made an
obscene display of his assets.
However, he has had his luxuries and whims: in addition to his house in Mallorca, which he bought in 2013 for about four million euros, he also has a
mansion in the Dominican Republic
valued at $ 2 million and acquired in 2012. His other luxuries are cars - he has
an Aston Martin, two Mercedes and a Ferrari,
among other vehicles - and a
yacht
.
When he retires, which is still missing - before we must ensure the ultimate glory for posterity by winning more titles - we do not even want to imagine
the vidorra that is going to hit,
and very deservedly.
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