Rafael Nadal

By: Laura Olmos

··Something about him··

• Rafa is a tennis player.

• He’s from Manacor.

• He’s 22.

• He started playing tennis when he was only 3.

• At the end of the 2000 Davis Cup, and as a reward for their good performance in the lower grades, Rafael Nadal was responsible for carrying the Spanish flag in the presentation of the teams.

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• In 2004 he won his first ATP tournament of the circuit to defeat in the final of Sopot versus Acasuso of Argentina. He was also a finalist in Auckland, while he won the doubles title in Chennai, with Robredo. He was also the main protagonist along with Carlos Moya in the achievement of the Davis Cup final in Seville versus the United States.

The most important

titles won in the 2008 season

Roland Garros

• Gold in the Olympic Games in Pekin.

Wimbledon

And now. . .

. . .He’s. . .

· ·The Number One· ·