Updated Thursday, February 15, 2024-07:57
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Rafael Nadal was in favor of equality between men and women who should have the same opportunities and enjoy the same means for their professional development and then each one should have higher or lower salaries depending on what they generate.
"I'm not a hypocrite. I don't want to say things that are easy for me to say and that I don't think about. Investment for me should be the same for men and women. The opportunities, the same. And the salaries. The same? No.", Nadal said in an interview with
El objective
, on La Sexta.
Nadal continues with his tune-up after the hip muscle injury suffered in the Brisbane tournament at the beginning of the year and which has delayed his return to the courts, postponed again until March, in the Las Vegas exhibition with Carlos Alcaraz and at the Indian Wells Masters 1000 after
refusing to play Doha
, as initially planned.
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Nadal and retirement: "There is a good chance that it will be my last year"
"What is
unfair is that there is no equal opportunity
. If you ask me if I am a feminist, tell me what it means to be a feminist. If you tell me that being a feminist means that a man and a woman have the same opportunities, I am a feminist," said the winner of twenty-two Grand Slams.
"I have a sister, a mother... that term feminist is taken to extremes that it doesn't... of course I want equality. And equality does not lie in giving away. It lies in the fact that if Serena Williams was more than me, I want Serena to earn more than me. If she fills the stadiums and generates more, then I don't want me, because I'm Rafa Nadal, to earn more than her. That's what I see. I want equality," the 37-year-old tennis player stressed.
"I want
women to earn more than men if they generate more than men.
What bothers me is that you don't believe that prizes should be equal. In tennis, in most events they are practically equal. Because at the time there were "the opportunity for women's tennis to be seen and the world likes women's tennis. With which it is very popular, it earns a lot of money. In my sport I have supported all that throughout my life," added the Spanish tennis player.
"I don't want to get into a battle about that. The problem for me is the discussion. You think that I think that a man because he is a man has to be more important or earn more than a woman. Are we crazy or what?" he said. Nadal.
"Of course, from the public sector, in the beginnings and in the infrastructure, coaches have to be given the same opportunity, well of course. Who do you think you are talking to? Then, if the 50th in the tennis world has to earn the same that Djokovic, I will tell you that it is not like that because we will have to go to standards that everyone has to earn the same and it is another debate," said the player from Manacor who will return to the courts at the beginning of March.
Retirement: "My ideal farewell is in my head"
Nadal maintains his roadmap with participation in the clay season, especially in Roland Garros and the Paris Olympic Games. Although some days optimism wanes.
"Of course there are days when I have negative thoughts and when things go wrong you think about what to do. I have some bad hours and I have to continue but I have not considered a hasty withdrawal because of what has happened. I have some set objectives," he said in an interview. with Cadena Cope. The winner of twenty-two majors relies on his team and his family.
"I'm lucky because I have a team that is almost the same as when I started playing, trustworthy people by my side, they are more than coworkers and also a family that is very important, very close that I can talk to them naturally and with confidence "Nadal said that he has not stopped watching tennis although he watches more soccer games.
Now Nadal thinks about
returning to the courts.
It comes first, before winning. Even Roland Garros, his tournament. "Today it is impossible to answer this and it is very difficult to think that I can win Roland Garros. What excites me is to get there and enjoy Roland Garros. If I thought I had zero chance of winning I would be doing other things."
Questions about his withdrawal are more frequent in recent times. He has thought about how he would like to say goodbye. "Yes, my ideal farewell is in my head.
But I'm not going to say it."
Nadal, on a day when Real Sociedad faced Paris Saint Germain, said that
he would like to see
Mbappe
at
Real Madrid
.
"Real Madrid has a super team and with Mbappe they would have a great team."
He highlighted his liking for Carlo Ancelotti. "Ancelotti seems like a gentleman to me and he
transmits appropriate values
for a high-tension sport and I like people like Ancelotti."
"I don't have to choose between Bellingham and Vinicius. They are both very good. I loved Vinicius's interview after the Super Cup and if he continues like this it will be better," and he does not have in his life plan to be president of Real Madrid .
"Florentino has done an impressive job for you. Having the team that Real Madrid has and its economic management could not have been done better. I wouldn't compete with something like that. It
makes me happy to be a Real Madrid player."
Saudi Arabia: "It's not going to improve my life one cent"
Regarding Saudi Arabia, Nadal once again explained his connection. "I believe in progress. In the end I knew that blows would fall on me but you accept it. I am always consistent with the things I do and when I make the decision for Saudi I do not do it thinking that there is not going to be a sector that is going to criticize me. When Things happen no matter what explanation you give because there are people who only keep what they want to keep. The reason why I accept to be an ambassador for the Federation is because I believe that my sporting career is coming to an end and that in the future It has always been linked to education and sports with what I have, foundation, academy...", he said.
"I am a
firm believer that education and sports can change the world.
And what I perceive from Saudi Arabia is an intention to progress. I know what they don't like and what I don't like either. But I think the country is in a time of opening and that wants to make real progress and
I give an opportunity for there to be that real progress.
I have informed myself and there is an opportunity for real change in the country, which is opening up," the Spanish tennis player insisted.
"Young people who ask for a change.
The changes do not happen overnight
because they need time to adapt. What I believe is that Arabia is in that process and that it is going to improve in those facets.
If that does not happen, I I may have been wrong
but my goal is for the country to be a more sporting country, to contribute to that and that is what is transmitted to me and that excites me about the project. The best athletes have been going for years and they do
n't need me to clean up their image
"Argued Rafael Nadal.
"In this country there is an issue that is money. People who earn money for nothing is frowned upon and that is a different issue than in Arabia. Yes, there are people who are successful, businessmen and such, world leaders, examples of improvement that has to be admired and in Spain we distrust these people. Then, on the subject of criticism, if the problem is money. If I
say that I am going to do this and that I am not going to earn anything, it is not so bad. seen
and that is what distorts," he added at Cope.
"I have not signed a multimillion-dollar contract.
What I have signed with the Saudi Federation is not going to improve my life one cent
. I have done it because in the end I am excited about the future. What I am going to do. My passion has always been sport not only as a professional athlete. As a spectator and athlete of other sports. Over time we will see if the decision was right or wrong and we will decide. I have made a decision. I understand today that it is being discussed but I have made it with hope. If it is not what I expect it will be a disappointment."