Could this really be it for the King of Clay at Roland Garros? Rafa faces Alexander Zverev in the first round.
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00:00It's a big, big chance that it's going to be my last Roland-Garros.
00:03But if I have to tell you it's 100% my last Roland-Garros,
00:08sorry, but I will not.
00:10I cannot predict what's going on.
00:20He's just a lot stronger.
00:21Which means that even on bad days,
00:25even on days when he was physically not as good,
00:27even on days when he was tennis-wise not as good,
00:29even on all the days we want,
00:30he was so strong that even on those days he won.
00:33So yeah, he was just a lot stronger.
00:53I think that in a few years I won't be able to believe
00:55everything I experienced with him,
00:57both on and off the court.
00:59And for me, he will always be a great example of this sport.
01:04I'm part of a generation where he won the tournament 14 times.
01:09So it's the end of an era.
01:14But honestly, I was lucky to see these players
01:22for so long, so strong, for so long,
01:25that it had to stop at some point.
01:27Will it be here or will it be the next one?
01:29We don't know.
01:31But we know for a while that we're getting close to the end.
01:52Yeah, I'm happy it's not me playing against him first round.
01:55In my mind, I'm going to play peak Rafael Nadal.
02:01And that's what I expect him to be.
02:04I expect him to be at his absolute best.
02:07I expect him to play the best tennis
02:10that he's played in a long time on this court.
02:12In some way, this place is magical for me.
02:16If in the bottom of my heart,
02:19I don't have any hope to have success here
02:25and to create a beautiful thing this year,
02:28I will not be here in front of you guys.