"It's not impossible" - Rafa on somebody beating his Roland Garros record

| by Drew Tate

Rafael Nadal has mostly been quite humble throughout his career opting to stay away from the spotlight and work until he was forced into the spotlight.

When he finally set foot on the biggest stage in tennis, he usually dominated opponents. The dominance was most crushing at Roland Garros where he recently lifted his 14th trophy. Asked about the impossibility of that feat, Nadal said:

"It may seem like it, but it’s not impossible. Is it very difficult? Yes. I’m realistic about how difficult that is, of the circumstances that have to occur for it to happen. If I’ve done it, I suppose another person could do it. It will be difficult, that is obvious."

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Asked to compare tennis now and tennis many years ago, Nadal said:

"Everything changes in this life. We have to adapt to things. Before, a much more classical tennis was played on clay courts, like that of Casper [Ruud]. Nowadays, there are fewer players doing that, including myself. In general, things evolve."

Nadal was also asked about potentially achieve the calendar grand slam which he called crazy:

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"Yes, it’s crazy, even if I was in perfect shape I think. Nobody has done it since Rod Laver. Djokovic came closest last year. More than winning the Grand Slam, I would be content to play in all four."

He was also asked about the race for the most grand slams and he shared his view on it:

"Anything can happen. Clearly Novak is in the best position to be able to beat that because he has no physical problems, and he’s playing at a spectacular level. Federer has been out for a long time and you can always expect something special from him, but we all know how difficult it is to come back, even more so at 40. We’ll see what happens."

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