Nadal: ‘I’ve an excellent relationship with Federer, Thiem and all Spaniards’

Rafa Nadal: ‘I’ve an excellent relationship with Federer, Thiem and all Spaniards’

Rafael Nadal has spoken of his relationship with different ATP gamers and mentioned he will get on effectively with Roger Federer, Dominic Thiem and all Spaniards.

The 20-time Grand Slam winner spoke in a video dialog forward of this week’s Madrid Open alongside event director Feliciano Lopez.

“Earlier than we lived collectively extra. Once I acquired to the circuit, the Spanish have been nearer collectively. With not a lot web, it made us exit extra collectively,” Nadal mentioned.

“Possibly that’s why I all the time had extra relationship with the oldest gamers. To at the present time, I’ve an excellent relationship with all Spaniards, particularly with Marc (Lopez), Feli (Lopez), (Pablo) Andújar, Roberto (Bautista Agut).

“I get alongside very effectively with everybody. And as foreigners I’ve an excellent relationship with Thiem, with Federer as effectively.

“Typically, I’ve an excellent relationship with everybody, however we Spanish are extra like one another. Years in the past when Pico (Juan Monaco), (Mariano) Zabaleta, (who’ve) retired, (have been nonetheless round), we spent extra time along with all of them.”

The 34-year-old Spaniard is a five-time champion on the Masters 1000 event in Madrid.