[SuperG]

Rios said Maradona came to visit him after a Davis Cup loss in Argentina when he was 19 and his brief but memorable words of inspiration had a big impact on his life and career.

Marcelo Rios Salutes Maradona · Tennis-Prose.com

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[tribalfusion]

Maradona was a real one of a kind person and athlete. Larger than life and a real character in the truest sense of the word so unlike the manufactured sports figures so prominent today.

 

[echf]

Who cares about Maradona? All I know is he played the most boring sport. I don't think this thread belongs here.

 

[enlightenedth]

Who cares about Maradona? All I know is he played the most boring sport. I don't think this thread belongs here.

Coming from a tennis fan. 😂

 

[137132]

Who cares about Maradona? All I know is he played the most boring sport. I don't think this thread belongs here.

People here respect him for hitting the net, like they do in tennis

 

[NextGenKing]

General Messages???

Super G is a bot who has no interest in this dite he only spams his site

 

[Claybot]

Had to.

 

[NADALalot]

I always liked Rios a lot more than Maradona.

 

[SuperG]

It's an interesting story because Rios very rarely talks about sentimental moments, he was known as a complete jerk who even disrespected Roy Emerson who came up to him in the US Open locker room trying to start a friendly conversation and RIos looked at the legend and said, Who the F*** are you? Imagine if Rios said that when Maradona visited him lol This anecdote shows a kind nice side of Rios, which he rarely showed during his controversial but illustrious career.