“I will be like,” Why does Raphael Nadal say all of this? “

Roger Federer recently threw his mind until he was surprised by the former competitor Rafael Nadal, frankly, while the Swiss himself was always hesitating to do so. According to the main hero number 1 and 20 times, during most of his career, he kept his injuries secret so as not to give any advantage of his opponents.

The 44 -year -old appeared as a private guest in a recently released episode Served with Andy Roddik Podcast, which was photographed and scored in the 2025 Cup in San Francisco.

here, Roger Federer Frankly, he remembered his habit of retiring in the middle of the match during his playing days, regardless of his injuries. However, the 103 -time professional list was also reflected on how things changed in the twilight years of his career, during which he became very disturbing knee issues for him.

“As soon as I got to the court, I dealt with it and ended, although many matches did not feel perfect, and I dealt with some problems in the back, manual things, and feet, but it was not even in the end.” (From 1:18:05)

He added: “As soon as you underwent surgery or outside time for a long period of time, you really stop your incredibly appreciation for the extent of your desire to feel it and the extent that you do not commit a ball throughout the stadium and stop ten cents, and suddenly you think about everything through every impossible moment of the match. Everything changes in a huge way.”

Federer continued to shed light on his mentality of not allowing anyone to know much about his injuries. According to the legendary Swiss, the disclosure of a lot has helped his opponents.

“I was always the player or the person I did not want my opponent, the world or the press that you need to know every step of my injuries, but also to protect myself to a certain level that my opponent does not know” a bad knee, a really bad knee, so I will make him run, “Follow the previous 1.

However, he put the surprise that he used to feel Rafael Nadal To be honest with his injuries. He asked why the Spaniard would do something like this, given the possible consequences in terms of its results, saying:

“On the other hand, Rafa was very honest about his issues and I will be like,” Why does he say all of that? “And I can’t get out of a chair with my bad back when everyone thinks I am perfect.”

Roger Federer retired in the 2022 Lever Cup after the doubles lost a picnic with Raphael Nadal; Spanish with a goodbye to tennis last year

In the LAVER 2022 Cup, Roger Federer played his last official match, which was a picnic with Raphael Nadal. Swiss and the Spanish, who represent the European team, are centuries closed with Jack Sook duo and Francis Tiavoi. The Americans won the match, and then Federer cried his heart as The truth of retirement Finally hit him. Nadal also, He was transferred to crying.

The Spaniards himself decided to call him a day after his participation in Spain in the Davis 2024 Cup.

Earlier this year in the French Open, Nadal Receive a special goodbyeAnd joined the stadium by former competitors Federer, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray.