Badosa: “Watching Rafa’s documentary made me cry”

This Friday ‘Rafa’, the documentary series about Rafa Nadal, premiered on Netflix which covers the life and sporting career of the former world number 1 that shows the Spaniard and his family facing key moments throughout his career, such as his reappearance on the slopes in January 2024, after a blank year due to injury and as number 652 in the world, highlighting his ability to improve.

The production has had an impact on those who have already seen it, such as Paula Badosa, who wanted to share her feelings with her followers.

“Watching Rafa’s documentary made me cry. Not only because of everything he has experienced, but because he represents a very important part of my story.. Rafa means my beginnings, the reason why I started playing tennis and the person who made me believe that dreams could come true. Thanks to him I learned to dream big when I was just a little girl,” she wrote on her Twitter account.

“What he has left in this sport is simply inexplicable. His legacy will remain forever, not only for everything he won, but for the way he inspired an entire generation. I will always feel grateful for having been able to live and share moments like this. How I miss seeing him play… And yes, it’s my room… I’m still a fan, and I always will be,” added the former world number 2, who has been a victim of physical problems for months.

Directed by American Zach Heinzerling and produced for Skydance Sports, the four chapters of the series cover “the extraordinary career of Rafa Nadal, combining testimonies from those who know him best, on and off the trackwith unpublished moments that reveal what lies behind the legend.”

The documentary, which features the participation of figures such as Roger Federer, John McEnroe and Novak Djokovicwhich appears in the trailer, offers exclusive access to the champion, his family and his closest circle from his beginnings at just three years old until his return to competition in 2024.

It was the last one before the Manacor native’s final withdrawal from the ATP circuit, at the age of 38, after a successful career marked by titles, records and victories, but also by injuries.

“I have always been motivated by the desire to continue fighting.“, confesses the winner of 22 Grand Slams in the preview of his series, an audiovisual story that not only aims to show the sporting evolution of one of the most successful players in the history of tennis, but also the physical and emotional exhaustion that marked his path.