Rafa Nadal responds to Carlos Alcaraz sweet statement calling him his ‘hero’

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Rafael Nadal doesn’t want to lose his hero status. In a new interview, Carlos Alcaraz discussed the impact of Nadal’s career on him and how he regularly watched his matches when he was a kid.

Nadal was sure to send him an encouraging message and to wish him the best in his upcoming tournament. Rafa Nadal and Tiger Woods are likely to go out with a bang next yearRafael Nadal posts about hurricane in Acapulco; ‘Sad to see destruction in a place I played’A post shared by Western & Southern Open (@cincytennis)The interview was conducted for the Cincinati Open, a tournament that will be hosted next summer.

In it, Alcaraz is discussing his admiration for Rafa Nadal and how watching him play when he was a kid made him fall in love with tennis. “To be in the same table as the legend Rafa,” he said in the clip. “Rafa was my hero, when I was young and started playing tennis.

To watch his matches and his finals, lifting the best trophies in the world.” Nadal watched the video and sent him a comment. “Big hug and good luck in Turin!” Over the past, Nadal and Alcaraz have been pitted against each other by the media.