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Steffi Graf has never hidden her admiration for Rafael Nadal

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Steffi Graf
Steffi Graf has never hidden her admiration for Rafael Nadal: "When you see Rafael Nadal playing tennis, you can only react with amazement and great admiration. He is an incredible athlete with so much discipline, so much concentration and someone who likes to put a lot of passion into every point. With him you associate everything that makes tennis so beautiful," Steffi Graf said about Rafael Nadal.
 
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Actually this is the first time I have ever read or heard Steffi Graf talking about Nadal (positively).
She rarely speaks to the media (about anyone) and rather short obvious comments.

I am not sure if we can trust this source because there is not really one seen in the quote. So I highly question the title chosen for this thread because I never heard Graf sharing her admiration for Nadal.

It could make sense since on the contrary her husband - Andre Agassi - was vocal about his admiration for Nadal years ago multiple times. That is definitely known.
 
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I have no interest in the thread topic, but I hate fake news.

Maybe this auto-generated stuff is based on this article, which refers to her husband's opinion on Nadal


Here's the Google-translated answer in the 2018 Marca interview that the tennisworldusa article refers to:

"Is Federer the best of all time for you?

We always discuss that with Andre, the last time a few days ago in Paris. We have different way of thinking. He is more of Nadal. I prefer that he answer this question. Numbers are sometimes interpretable. They are both amazing. We're going to wait for them to retire and then we'll discuss who was the best. It's nice to see them play separately and also when they cross each other.

 
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"With him you associate everything that makes tennis so beautiful," Steffi Graf said about Rafael Nadal.

Really Steffi? Everything?

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There are some who might find this beautiful as well, but the problem was that he was allowed an unprecedented 10-15 additional seconds for his "beautiful" OCD performance, despite being considered the fittest athlete on the tour, with so much discipline and concentration as Steffi remarked.
 
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Steffi Graf
Steffi Graf has never hidden her admiration for Rafael Nadal: "When you see Rafael Nadal playing tennis, you can only react with amazement and great admiration. He is an incredible athlete with so much discipline, so much concentration and someone who likes to put a lot of passion into every point.
What a subtle way to say that Nadal grunts excessively. :ROFLMAO:
 
#24 ·
GOAT KNOW GOAT! any GOAT compliment Novak lately? I didn't think so either!!