Top-ranked player Rafael Nadal sizzles on and off the tennis court.
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>>> Rafael Nadal is the top
ranked tennis player in the World.
He's an international sex symbol
and he's a shy 24-year-old who
still lives with mom and dad on
the spanish island of Mallorca.
He's in New York for the US Open.
The only major tournament Nadal
hasn't won.
And he sits down with John
Berman to answer questions about
his surprising taste in music,
his rivalry with Roger Federer.
And life on and off the courts.
>> What does it take
to get a hero's welcome in
New york?
What does it take to win eight
Grand Slam titles?
What does it take to land a role
like this in a Shakira video?
What does it take to be Rafael
Nadal?
We went looking for answers.
When you're going out there to
serve the first point of the
match, the ball's in the air,
what are you thinking about?
>> Nothing besides put the ball
Inside.
>> No, really, with
that relentless focus, just what
is he thinking?
How important is your hand for
tennis?
>> That's a lot.
The important thing is the shot.
It's easier to be a great
Champion with a lot of shots and
nothing of head and a lot of
head and nothing of shots.
>>He sounds like a
shy 24-year-old but plays like a
bull.
This spanish con keys door of
the court known around the world
adoringly as just Rafa.
>> I feel very lucky to work on
one of my hobbies.
Especially because things are
going much better than I ever
thought.
>> Things are going
Okay, right?
Definitely okay.
He can hardly go anywhere
without hearing this --
his biceps are practically
Spanish national treasures.
There's no other way to put it
but you're kind of a sex symbol.
>>I don't think so.
I don't know.
>> You may not think so
but a lot of other people do.
The woman who said she loved
you.
I just know what the people say.
I just read it in the research.
>> No,I don't know, no, I
really never stop to think this
thing.
>> In case you're wondering,
he has a girlfriend
back home in spain.
He comes to the U.S. Open as the
number one ranked tennis player
in the world.
But takes nothing for granted.
He was grunting through two full
practice sessions in one day
when we saw him at a U.S. Open
series warm-up event near
Cincinnati.
You practice and practice and
practice and practice.
How much better can you get?
>> Well, I can improve a lot of
things for sure.
>> In fact, the most
recent criticism of Nadal is
that he plays and practices too
hard, running opponent
and himself into the ground.
Whenever people ask you, can you
keep it up, can you keep play this hard
all the time.
>> I try my best every moment.
20 years.
I'll be here 20 years.
If I can be here 15, 15.
If I can be here eight, eight.
With the body and the mental
part says finish, I'm going to
go home and enjoy a different
part of life.
>> He has the work
Ethic.
He also has good genes.
His uncle was a Spanish World
Cup soccer star known as the
Beast of Barcelona.
But beyond his look and cannon
forehand, Rafa is known for his
quirks like arranging his water
bottles again and again.
The ticks and the picks.
Here at a U.S. Open series
warm-up event.
>> It's just for nothing,
I don't know.
The -- just like concentration
thing.
>>There are other quirks too.
Take his choice in music.
Sure, he's a star in a steamy
Shakira video.
But what does he like to listen
to?
>> I love the music.
I was there in New York watching
That. I think sixtimes.
>> You've seen
"Phantom" six times?
>> Yeah.
>> What do you like
most about it?
>> The music I like.
I listen to "phantom of the
Opera" to relax.
>>Can you sing a
little bit for me?
Maybe "think of me?"
>> I don't think so.
>> reporter: Nadal is also known
for his famous rivalry with
Roger Federer and their epic
matches like the Wimbledon final
in 2008.
Would you be where you are today
without roger fedderer?
>> Maybe, yes.
I don't know.
I think Roger Federer there, it was always
a reference to improve and big
motivation to be better player
because you always see a better
Player than you.
>> You still think
he's better than you?
>>I don't think.
I am sure.
>>You're sure he's
still better?
>> The results say that and
everything say that, yes.
>> Federer has 16
Grand Slam titles to Nadal's 8.
But Nadal is the man who made
Roger federer cry after beating
him at the Australian open in
2009.
“God’s killing me”.
Rafa knows the feeling.
Have you ever cried after you've
lost?
>> A few times, yes.
>> You have cried
after you lost?
>> Yeah, few times.
>> Why?
>> Emotions.
Impossible to control.
When I lose a match and I tried
my best.
Sometimes, difficult to accept
and to see that –positive thing.
>>Nadal is a very private 24old.
He likes to spend as much time
as he can back home on the
Pristine Spanish island of
Mallorca with his friends and
family whom he still lives with.
Do you still really live at home?
>>Yeah, yes, I live at home for
sure.
>> You're 24 years
Old.
You've made pretty good money.
Think it's time to move out soon?
>> Not in my case.
>> Does your mom still
make you clean your room?
>> Oh, yeah, sure.
Yeah.
That's one of the parts I really
have to improve there.
>> You ever say, mom,
I've won French opens and
Two Wimbledons, maybe my room
can be messy?
>> No, my mom wants to have the
house very good.
And sometimes I make that very
Difficult.
>> So in this world of
big money, big ego, athletes,
what does it take to beat Nadal?
Apparently, incredible amounts
of hard work.
Incredible biceps.
>> How are you?
>> and incredible
humility.
When you walk on the court, do
you always think you're going to
win?
>> I never think I'm going t
win.
I always think I can win and I
can lose so the only thing that
I can think is I got to do
everything right to try to win.
>> Most of the time it
ends up okay?
>> A lot of times, works well.
I know a lot of times didn't
work like this.
>> I'm John Berman for
"Nightline" in Mason, ohio.
>> and nadal plays his first
Round US Open match tomorrow evening.
Thanks to John Berman.
ranked tennis player in the World.
He's an international sex symbol
and he's a shy 24-year-old who
still lives with mom and dad on
the spanish island of Mallorca.
He's in New York for the US Open.
The only major tournament Nadal
hasn't won.
And he sits down with John
Berman to answer questions about
his surprising taste in music,
his rivalry with Roger Federer.
And life on and off the courts.
>> What does it take
to get a hero's welcome in
New york?
What does it take to win eight
Grand Slam titles?
What does it take to land a role
like this in a Shakira video?
What does it take to be Rafael
Nadal?
We went looking for answers.
When you're going out there to
serve the first point of the
match, the ball's in the air,
what are you thinking about?
>> Nothing besides put the ball
Inside.
>> No, really, with
that relentless focus, just what
is he thinking?
How important is your hand for
tennis?
>> That's a lot.
The important thing is the shot.
It's easier to be a great
Champion with a lot of shots and
nothing of head and a lot of
head and nothing of shots.
>>He sounds like a
shy 24-year-old but plays like a
bull.
This spanish con keys door of
the court known around the world
adoringly as just Rafa.
>> I feel very lucky to work on
one of my hobbies.
Especially because things are
going much better than I ever
thought.
>> Things are going
Okay, right?
Definitely okay.
He can hardly go anywhere
without hearing this --
his biceps are practically
Spanish national treasures.
There's no other way to put it
but you're kind of a sex symbol.
>>I don't think so.
I don't know.
>> You may not think so
but a lot of other people do.
The woman who said she loved
you.
I just know what the people say.
I just read it in the research.
>> No,I don't know, no, I
really never stop to think this
thing.
>> In case you're wondering,
he has a girlfriend
back home in spain.
He comes to the U.S. Open as the
number one ranked tennis player
in the world.
But takes nothing for granted.
He was grunting through two full
practice sessions in one day
when we saw him at a U.S. Open
series warm-up event near
Cincinnati.
You practice and practice and
practice and practice.
How much better can you get?
>> Well, I can improve a lot of
things for sure.
>> In fact, the most
recent criticism of Nadal is
that he plays and practices too
hard, running opponent
and himself into the ground.
Whenever people ask you, can you
keep it up, can you keep play this hard
all the time.
>> I try my best every moment.
20 years.
I'll be here 20 years.
If I can be here 15, 15.
If I can be here eight, eight.
With the body and the mental
part says finish, I'm going to
go home and enjoy a different
part of life.
>> He has the work
Ethic.
He also has good genes.
His uncle was a Spanish World
Cup soccer star known as the
Beast of Barcelona.
But beyond his look and cannon
forehand, Rafa is known for his
quirks like arranging his water
bottles again and again.
The ticks and the picks.
Here at a U.S. Open series
warm-up event.
>> It's just for nothing,
I don't know.
The -- just like concentration
thing.
>>There are other quirks too.
Take his choice in music.
Sure, he's a star in a steamy
Shakira video.
But what does he like to listen
to?
>> I love the music.
I was there in New York watching
That. I think sixtimes.
>> You've seen
"Phantom" six times?
>> Yeah.
>> What do you like
most about it?
>> The music I like.
I listen to "phantom of the
Opera" to relax.
>>Can you sing a
little bit for me?
Maybe "think of me?"
>> I don't think so.
>> reporter: Nadal is also known
for his famous rivalry with
Roger Federer and their epic
matches like the Wimbledon final
in 2008.
Would you be where you are today
without roger fedderer?
>> Maybe, yes.
I don't know.
I think Roger Federer there, it was always
a reference to improve and big
motivation to be better player
because you always see a better
Player than you.
>> You still think
he's better than you?
>>I don't think.
I am sure.
>>You're sure he's
still better?
>> The results say that and
everything say that, yes.
>> Federer has 16
Grand Slam titles to Nadal's 8.
But Nadal is the man who made
Roger federer cry after beating
him at the Australian open in
2009.
“God’s killing me”.
Rafa knows the feeling.
Have you ever cried after you've
lost?
>> A few times, yes.
>> You have cried
after you lost?
>> Yeah, few times.
>> Why?
>> Emotions.
Impossible to control.
When I lose a match and I tried
my best.
Sometimes, difficult to accept
and to see that –positive thing.
>>Nadal is a very private 24old.
He likes to spend as much time
as he can back home on the
Pristine Spanish island of
Mallorca with his friends and
family whom he still lives with.
Do you still really live at home?
>>Yeah, yes, I live at home for
sure.
>> You're 24 years
Old.
You've made pretty good money.
Think it's time to move out soon?
>> Not in my case.
>> Does your mom still
make you clean your room?
>> Oh, yeah, sure.
Yeah.
That's one of the parts I really
have to improve there.
>> You ever say, mom,
I've won French opens and
Two Wimbledons, maybe my room
can be messy?
>> No, my mom wants to have the
house very good.
And sometimes I make that very
Difficult.
>> So in this world of
big money, big ego, athletes,
what does it take to beat Nadal?
Apparently, incredible amounts
of hard work.
Incredible biceps.
>> How are you?
>> and incredible
humility.
When you walk on the court, do
you always think you're going to
win?
>> I never think I'm going t
win.
I always think I can win and I
can lose so the only thing that
I can think is I got to do
everything right to try to win.
>> Most of the time it
ends up okay?
>> A lot of times, works well.
I know a lot of times didn't
work like this.
>> I'm John Berman for
"Nightline" in Mason, ohio.
>> and nadal plays his first
Round US Open match tomorrow evening.
Thanks to John Berman.
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