"Rafa for the way he plays" - Tommy Robredo picks Rafael Nadal as toughest opponent to play

| by Drew Tate

Former world number five Tommy Robredo picked Rafael Nadal as the toughest opponent he ever played in his career.

Robredo played many tennis greats over the years but Nadal for him always stuck out as the toughest opponent. That's nothing strange or unusual as many players would agree that Nadal is the toughest player they have ever played and it's mostly due to his high skill level as well as competitive spirit that can see him beat players with a broken rib or a numb foot or even a 6 cm tear in his abdomen.

In a exlusive interview with Sportskeeda, Robredo explained:

"Rafa [was the toughest to play against], for the way he plays, with this speed of the ball, the spin of his forehand, for the difference due to him being left-handed and for the way that he runs after every ball as if it was the first. I dont say the others are easy.. but for me Rafa had something that makes you suffer more inside the court than the rest."

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Robredo has never beaten Nadal ins his career but they did team up with him to win a double trophy in Cincinnati once. According to Robredo, everyone knew from the moment they saw him:

"Everyone that saw Rafa during the first year could understand that he would go on to become a great player. But he went much higher and became one of the best sporting athletes in the world, if not the best… thats something that's not easy to realize but that he achieved it in a great way."

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