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2019 US Open Tennis Tournament- Day Fourteen. Rafael Nadal of Spain in tears as he awaits the trophy presentation after his five set win against Danill Medvedev of Russia in the Men’s Singles Final on Arthur Ashe Stadium during the 2019 US Open Tennis Tournament at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 8th, 2019 in Flushing, Queens, New York City. (Photo by Tim Clayton/Corbis via Getty Images)
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2019 US Open Tennis Tournament- Day Fourteen. Rafael Nadal of Spain in tears as he awaits the trophy presentation after his five set win against Danill Medvedev of Russia in the Men’s Singles Final on Arthur Ashe Stadium during the 2019 US Open Tennis Tournament at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 8th, 2019 in Flushing, Queens, New York City. (Photo by Tim Clayton/Corbis via Getty Images)
21-time Grand Slam champion Rafael Nadal continues to have a record-breaking year as he reached yet another final at Indian Wells 2022. Yesterday, he beat the 18-year-old Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz in a tight, three-set thriller to maintain an invincible winning streak (20-0) this year. During the on-court interview post-match, Nadal’s confusion made out for a hilarious incident.
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Mar 12, 2022; Indian Wells, CA, USA; Rafael Nadal (ESP) serves in his 2nd round match defeating Sebastian Korda (USA) at the BNP Paribas open at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden. Mandatory Credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports
Rafael Nadal spoke in English instead of Spanish
While taking about the match, Nadal was supposed to answer a question in Spanish. However, he completely forgot that and answered the whole thing in English. Later, he apologized to the interviewer and decided to answer the question in his mother tongue.
“Like that, playing against one of the best players of the world, doesn’t matter if he’s young or not. He’s a great guy, an amazing player and he has a fantastic future… Just tried to go on court, try my best, and accept all the challenges and I’m through and happy… a very important victory for me… It wasn’t in Spanish (laughs),” Nadal said.
When Rafa forgets in what language he’s supposed to be speaking 😂 We love our multilingual king
🎥Tennis Channel pic.twitter.com/NI7ILyPmbA
— 💨No Match Windy, No? (@nomatchwindyno) March 20, 2022
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Incidentally, this was not the first time the Spaniard made a similar mistake. Once, in Argentina, both Nadal and Djokovic attended a pre-match press conference. During the media interaction, Novak spoke in English and instead of translating it into Spanish, Nadal repeated Novak’s words in English. Realizing his mistake, the 21-time major winner started laughing along with fellow players and the press.
Rafa told us English is his native language 😊
(He’s supposed to be translating [name redacted]’s comments into Spanish during a pre-exhibition press conference in Argentina, but he just starts repeating what was said in English lol oops!) pic.twitter.com/0TZBdi5v8x
— TroubleFault (@troublefault) March 20, 2022
Nadal will Face Taylor Fritz in the finals of Indian Wells 2022
After 3 hours and 12 minutes of intense battle, Rafael Nadal emerged victorious against fellow young compatriot Carlos Alcaraz; The level of the match was pretty high as both the players gave it all. In the end, Alcaraz lost to his idol and one of the greatest players to have ever graced the court.
With this win, Rafael Nadal reached four back-to-back finals in 2022. The Spaniard won the previous three finals, including the Australian Open. In the finals at Indian Wells, he will face 24-year-old American star Taylor Fritz. Fritz caused a massive upset by beating Andrey Rublev in straight sets, 7-5,6-4.
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