Not to believe: Rafael Nadal’s joke with his friends and an awkward moment with Federer

Argentine and Spanish tennis players historically have a great relationship both on the court and off it, but it is outside where those relationships intensify, take hold and begin to have so much confidence that they are capable of doing anything to pass the time. This is how David Nalbandian told an anecdote involving Rafael Nadal as the main protagonist of the story.

Within the racket world it is known that in all the tours that the elite players maintain they are rivals on the court, but on the outskirts they are companions capable of sharing several moments of leisure together. On this occasion, ‘King David’ put his mind into practice to remember an afternoon in Monte Carlo, while playing on the Play Station with Rafael Nadal. They competed in pairs and there was a bet that the loser had to fulfill, but nobody imagined who the loser would find.

“I was a couple with Charly Moyà and we lost to Ferrer and Rafa. He had us go down to Reception in our underwear and go around a table that was about 20 meters from the elevator. The elevator opens, we run out and find ourselves in front of Roger Federer and his wife and they both stayed like that, as if saying: ‘What’s wrong with these?’ We all started laughing,” said the Argentine.