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Mutual admiration goes back years ago, although ties have strengthened since the end of 2017. That Sunday, December 3, Rafa Nadal approached the Albany Resort of the Bahamas to enjoy live the last round of Tiger Woods at Hero World Challenge, the tournament with which the American legend formalized his return to golf. This Tuesday, almost two years later, Tiger went through Flushing Meadows to return courtesy to his friend.
"It means a lot to me to support me. It's an incredible inspiration," Nadal said of Woods' presence in one of Arthur Ashe's boxes. The Spanish had just knocked down Marin Cilic and the last winner of the Augusta Masters had left one of the images of the night after the penultimate point of the game.
His celebration after that passing shot was almost as intense as Rafa's own. At that time the recent arthroscopy was not noticed at all to repair a small problem in a cartilage of his left knee.
"Keep fighting"
"The fact that he supports me and that I can be in touch with him very often is something that makes me very happy. I hope that one day we can play golf and tennis together," said the Spaniard, with an accredited love for The greens .
"Playing against Tiger is something very special. I always say that I don't have great idols, but one of them is him and I always try to follow him," he said of the Californian, who highlighted "the way he managed to keep fighting so hard." In any case, the Woods calendar, released until October 24, resembles that of Nadal, who after New York plans to go to Beijing and Shanghai, in addition to playing the Laver Cup.
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