Rune and the amusing proposal

le 23/11/2024 à 11h23

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Like most of his colleagues, Holger Rune paid tribute to Rafael Nadal on the occasion of his official retirement.

Affirming his admiration for the idol of millions of tennis fans the world over, he declared: "Rafa, you were my first idol. I used to wear sleeveless shirts with my 6-year-old spaghetti arms sticking out and a bandana."

That said, in addition to that, he also made a rather amusing proposal, but one that could still delight many tennis fans: to create a Rafael Nadal emoji!

Rune Holger

16e, 2580 points

Nadal Rafael

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I am surprised about relatively low attendance at Roland Garros which was the most popular slam 20+ years ago. I myself love it as well as really loving aus and us opens. I don't care about Wimbledon, sometimes maybe I can watch women's tennis. I hate Wimbledon's white dress code, I feel like I am watching junior tennis...I watched very few matches like Graf davenport final in 1999 the last time.....

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It will really be befitting if he attains his 25th Grand Slam crown at the AO for he's truly the GOAT & this will stamp him & endorse his GOAT status without an iota of doubt

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Almost as important to Djokovic as Slam #25--and requiring less luck--is beating Federer's total of 103 singles titles. He'll play 250s, and might even surpass Connors's 109.

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