RAFA NADAL, THE BEST PLAYER.

Rafa Nadal was born the 3rd of June, 1986 in Manacor, ( Palma de Mallorca ). He is nephew of the football player of FCB and RCD Mallorca, Miguel Angel Nadal. His coach is another uncle of him, Toni Nadal. He is on top 100 in the Atp Ranking since 2002.

This year he has won a lot of championship:

• Sao Paulo
• Acapulco
• Indian Wells
• Conde of Godo
• Madrid
• Rome
• Roland Garros
• Montreal
• Cincinnati
• Us Open

And he has lost in Viña del Mar, Wimbledon and Monaco.

Along his career, he has won 13 GRAN SLAM and 26 Master 1000. Today, he's number 1 of the world. This is a video of the final in New York US Open...

He's the king of Paris, because he has won 8 Roland Garros.

With 8 years, Nadal won an under-12 Regional Championship tennis at a time when he was Also a Promising Football Player. This made ​​Toni Nadal intensify training, and at that time he encouraged Nadal to play left-handed for a natural Advantage on the tennis Court, as he noticed Nadal played forehand shots with two hands. When Nadal was 12, he Won the Spanish and European tennis titles in his Age group and was playing tennis and football all the time. Nadal's father made ​​him choose between football and tennis so that his work would not deteriorate Entirely School Nadal Said:. "I chose tennis football had to stop Straight away.."

When he was 14, the Spanish tennis Federation requested that he leave Mallorca and move to Barcelona to Continue his tennis training. Nadal's family turned down this Request, partly Because They Feared it Would Hurt his Education. The decision to stay home meant that Nadal received less from financial support the Federation; instead, the costs Nadal's father covered in may 2001, he defeated former Grand Slam Tournament champion. Pat Cash in a Clay-Court Exhibition match. ]

Nadal turned professional at the age of 15, and participated in two events on the ITF junior circuit. In 2002, at the Age of 16, Nadal reached the Semifinals of the Boy's Singles Tournament at Wimbledon, in his first ITF junior Event .

By the Age of 17, he beat Roger Federer the first time and became the youngest. They played man to reach the third Round at Wimbledon Since Boris Becker . At 18, he helped pace Spain over the U.S. in the junior Davis Cup in his second, and final, appearance on the ITF junior circuit. At 19, Nadal won the French Open the first time he played it, a feat not accomplished in Paris for more than 20 years. He eventually won it the first four times he played at Roland Garros. In 2003, he had won the ATP Newcomer of the year award. Early in his career, Nadal Became known for his habit of biting the trophies he won.