16 year old Rafa’s level is much higher than the next generation. However, it’s unfair to compare, athletes like Roger, Rafa, Novak appear once in many decades.. truly golden generation for 🎾
The next gen has beaten Rafa multiple times. So you mean Rafa at the age of 16 was better than Rafa in the recent times? Don't just say anything for the sake of it.
@@John-yt8cl I don’t know why you think I’m comparing Rafa from past to now..lol I’m curious to know. I simply meant that, level of Tennis by these legends in their very young age was much higher than the new generation.
@@MSYF9 Re-read your comment. You said that 16 year old Rafa's level is much higher than the next generation. However, the next gen is consistently winning titles and beating Rafa. So does that mean that 16 year old Rafa was better than the Rafa of recent times?
Literally watching this as I watch Rafa play the 5th set of the AO Final against Medvedev. With his own Rafa brand logo all decked out, aged. Wow man this guys had a career and a half.
This boy was to become one of the greatest tennis players, of all time. Even at 16yrs old, he chased every ball and showed his spirit. Nadal just amazes me. I wonder what Puerta said, about Nadal, after the match.
@@helenclarke4735 The drug test also showed that his performance was not better because of it. The positive drug test didn´t help Puerta's performance. He was playing the best tennis of his life, and he was one point away to send that match to a fifth set.
The will to win is amazing. It cannot be taught. Can it be cloned? He's like Alien. The perfect creature. No remorse, guilt r emotions. The perfect machine
Well his opponent on this match has definitely felt less and less shitty about this loss over the years, as more and more French Open Championships have been played...
20 ans après, Nadal vient de remporter son 14 ème Roland Garros.. un immense champion très attachant, je suis fan depuis ses débuts, son départ me fera beaucoup de peine..
Amazing to see that he has not changed at all...so casual when he gets that prize from who ever was handing it to him... arguably the best teenager in any sport...
No shame in this loss for Rafa. He was only 16!!! If anything Puerta should not have been celebrating his victory, but scared that he almost lost to a 16 year old. True this 16 year old would go on to be one of the greatest ever, but still, he was technically only a boy...
You still don't know what you re dealing with do you..the perfect clay court specimen. Unbeatable. No remorse, no fear. You have my sympathies... 20 years later everyone gives up.
I have the feeling that Rafa should go back and watch these matches again and be inspired and refreshed. And restarts with ease on a new journey at 20 GS for others to play catch-up. Jaiyou! Rafa.
Nadal entered the professional level really early, and naturally he started as the whipping boy for the more experienced and accomplished players. But because of his mountainous determination and drive, he kept persevering and established for himself an indomitable mindset. I think this is what has truly set him apart in the years that have followed.
Commentator mid-game : "we're having the chance to watch a future great tennis player" Good guess, but no one could know that this youngster would win 22 Grand Slams in the next 20 years of a great and long career up until now!
Wow. It's abundantly clear just how gifted Nadal was at 16. He hit the ball damned hard even then. Although his style is very different from Federer's, he's no less talented. Based on this performance alone, I'm not surprised that he wound up winning 20 majors. In fact, I don't recall seeing ANY 16 year old male playing this well. Some awesome drop shots here also - which shows that Nadal, even at 16, knew a thing or 2 about finesse and delicacy.
Un chaval de 16 años poniendo en serios apuros a todo un jugador de los buenos en su mejor momento. Y dejaba asomar lo que ha llegado a ser, un grandisímo Campeón y cuando en un par de meses va a hacer 36 años todavía no ha dicho su última palabra, sí le dejan las lesiones seguro que la dira.
That's without question- Nadal is on another stratosphere when it comes to clay... when he has lost, which is extremely rare, he wasn't at 💯 percent or someone got lucky as hell!
Puro espectáculo. Puro tenis. Puro Nadal. Que pensaría puerta al ver jugar así a un chaval de apenas 16 años. Sii alguien sabe que comentó Puerta estaría agradecido . Dios salve al Rey Nadal. Qué orgullo para España.
Pure joy watching Rafa since 2005, 14 RG and 22 GSs. GOAT of ALL time without a doubt. No one will ever surpass this classy genius in ANY sport. Love you Rafa. We’ll done and huge congrats, plus best wishes for the health of your foot. 🙏🏻❤️👏
12:44 mes chers spectateurs , vous avez l'occasion de regarder surement un des futurs, très grand joueur du tennis mondiale!!! a ce moment il a compris de quoi il s'agit!! et de quoi il vient!!
@@smashthestateX Do you even play tennis? That’s like saying 16 years old Federer is more difficult to beat than 35 years old Federer. That’s just silly.
I just checked on the ATP site, that is definitely the Aix en Provence challenger. there seem to be a LOT of people in the crowd for a challenger though
What's so incredible is that from that day, Rafa Nadal still has NEVER once lost back to back matches on clay 😂. How absurd is that? One more unique Rafa fact: he's the only player in history to enter the top 10 in 2005 at 18 and despite missing so many tournaments with injuries, he still scored enough points in the one's he could play. He never fell out of the TOP 10 from the day he entered. No other player has more than 10-11 straight years compared to Rafa's run from 2005 all the way through the next 19 or 20 years and 93% of the time in the top 3. Te echo de menos Rafa
Adorable clever boy Nadal. So serious and concentrate on Tennis. at sixteen, as if on 2020, just more and more brilliant, and deserves the love and respects, of many people in the world, including me, from Israel:-)
Un orgullo para España, por ser tan gran deportista i mejor persona, no hay otro jugador q haga lo q ha hecho el, se merece con creces todo lo q ha conseguido, por su garra i punt d honor,Bravooooo NADAL, NADAL, NADAL!! El mejor d todos los tiempos, i és español 😜👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏🇪🇦🥰🥰🥰🥰
Soy argentina 🇦🇷 y sigo al "Rafa" desde cuando él tenía 18 años y he visto varios videos los cuales para mi, eran inéditos. Realmente es el mejor en tierra batida " y es un grande en todo y lo más importante es un gran ser humano y es humilde. Siempre va a ser "La fiera"👍✨❤️
OMG his stank face at the end while he's holding that crystal scotch tumbler is hysterical. He's like "Yeah, I don't give a damn really, can I go now? Ugh I got to take a picture, I dunno whatever." lol.
is incredible to think he turned Pro at 2001... and he became famous on 2005 winning RG to the same rival... 4 years of challengers and ATP tournaments being a teenager... the life of a tennis player must be so tough...
ha ha good observation... i think he celebrated out of relief... the kid was giving him too much trouble... really what a phenomenon Rafa was in his late teens and early through mid 20s... djokovic was lurking in the shadows all the time - he was there in the 2006 FO too...but he was not able to move the force called RafaNadal... surprisingly he managed to cut through both rafa and Fed in the next decade... was it only by change of diet... unbelievable...seems too good to be true...
There used to be a training video of Rafa at 16 playing indoor on carpet against a ball machine. Does anyone have a link? I can't seem to find it anymore.
I think I asked this when you uploaded it before, but have there been any other instances where Challenger finalists have also met in a slam a few years later?
@@sLlorcaTV definitely can find instances if you follow Mackie McDonald’s progress or Tiafoe or Borna Coric. A ton of top 100 players especially the younger ones have been active on challengers in the last 2 years. Dan Evans rise back to top 100 after drug ban comes to mind also. Jaume Muñar isn’t far off from challengers either.
@@sLlorcaTV Grand slams are kind of challengers but only for the BIG 3 ..as they keep challenging each other for GOAT, most GS, most career prize money, most no of weeks as No1, most no of weeks in top 10, etc etc
2:11 human nature: some habits stay with us forever, no matter what.
lol... I had the same observation
I saw his video of him playing les petit as, he did it there even at the age of 12
😂😂😂
But in this video he didn't have the "nose and ears wipe" routine before serve yet, anyone know when it started?
@@Sir3gar That is a vicious technic to earn time
Almost 20 years, guy is still winning slams! Incredible.
another one
He didn’t win, he lost
@@muddwhistle3595 You didn't understand.
This aged badly...
@@v4v819 What? No, it didn't. It just aged.
16 year old Rafa’s level is much higher than the next generation. However, it’s unfair to compare, athletes like Roger, Rafa, Novak appear once in many decades.. truly golden generation for 🎾
Alcarez is the closest
Sadly your saying the truth. These legends come once, and this generation are no chance.
The next gen has beaten Rafa multiple times. So you mean Rafa at the age of 16 was better than Rafa in the recent times? Don't just say anything for the sake of it.
@@John-yt8cl I don’t know why you think I’m comparing Rafa from past to now..lol I’m curious to know.
I simply meant that, level of Tennis by these legends in their very young age was much higher than the new generation.
@@MSYF9 Re-read your comment. You said that 16 year old Rafa's level is much higher than the next generation. However, the next gen is consistently winning titles and beating Rafa. So does that mean that 16 year old Rafa was better than the Rafa of recent times?
Literally watching this as I watch Rafa play the 5th set of the AO Final against Medvedev. With his own Rafa brand logo all decked out, aged. Wow man this guys had a career and a half.
12:53 this point is Nadal
Vamos Rafa !! Allez Rafa !! 🥎🥎🥎🎾🎾🎾
No sir, that´s what casual tennis viewers THINK Nadal is. He´s much more, you hardly ever dictate a point against adult Nadal.
Eso es una "nadalada"
Incredible they faced each other all in the French open final 2005....from challenger to grand slam final in 2 years
Great sportsman and best fighter in tennis! Congratulations Rafael Nadal you are truly one of the greatest of all time!
A kid destined to be the greatest tennis player of all time. Thank you for the upload.
This boy was to become one of the greatest tennis players, of all time. Even at 16yrs old, he chased every ball and showed his spirit. Nadal just amazes me. I wonder what Puerta said, about Nadal, after the match.
When Nadal beat Puerta at Roland Garros 2 years later it was determined he was on performance enhancing drugs, and he still lost.
@@helenclarke4735 The drug test also showed that his performance was not better because of it. The positive drug test didn´t help Puerta's performance. He was playing the best tennis of his life, and he was one point away to send that match to a fifth set.
@@cuervosapuri1138 if ,if , if,
The will to win is amazing. It cannot be taught. Can it be cloned? He's like Alien. The perfect creature. No remorse, guilt r emotions. The perfect machine
@@markcrisp07 so said Ridley Scott......😄
This beautiful soul has produced such memorable joys with his thrilling tennis.
Rafa will be desperately missed once he decides to call it a day!
Quand il arrêtera, ça me fera beaucoup de peine, alors encore un petit effort Rafa pour nous donner du bonheur... on en a besoin aujourdhui
Little did he know, he was playing against the best clay courter of all time
When a grown ass man is playing against a young boy in the finals, you know the young boy is from another world.
they played roland Garros final 2 years later buddy
@@worawatsr9803 cmo chacer torija
Well his opponent on this match has definitely felt less and less shitty about this loss over the years, as more and more French Open Championships have been played...
Well he wasn’t at the time was he
20 ans après, Nadal vient de remporter son 14 ème Roland Garros.. un immense champion très attachant, je suis fan depuis ses débuts, son départ me fera beaucoup de peine..
"That Guy" was actually Puerta who ended up facing Nadal in the 2005 RG final.
Doping guy
@@vantungnguyen2694 same as nadal yes
Oh right...no one ever knew who Rafa beat in his first of 500 F.O.'s It is one of those "trick questions" everyone says Federer.
@@babacool1630 cope
He doesn't tho
Amazing to see that he has not changed at all...so casual when he gets that prize from who ever was handing it to him... arguably the best teenager in any sport...
No shame in this loss for Rafa. He was only 16!!! If anything Puerta should not have been celebrating his victory, but scared that he almost lost to a 16 year old. True this 16 year old would go on to be one of the greatest ever, but still, he was technically only a boy...
Nadal's tenacity. It's scary watching him perform.
@Adithya Vasudevan Scary but I absolutely love it. Rafa in beast mode.
Not scary but highly motivating. Also he appears to be a very simple guy - no mannerisms considering his awesome talent and achievements.
@@hassandgp LOL Nice comment but I think "scary" was used in a positive way of which highly motivating would fit.
he’s come so so far- imagine telling this 16 year old boy the things he’ll have achieved in the coming years
You still don't know what you re dealing with do you..the perfect clay court specimen. Unbeatable. No remorse, no fear. You have my sympathies...
20 years later everyone gives up.
Amazing, after 20 year. Rafa now is King of Clay, King off Grand Slam. Vamos Rafa, The Legend of All Legend !
I have the feeling that Rafa should go back and watch these matches again and be inspired and refreshed. And restarts with ease on a new journey at 20 GS for others to play catch-up. Jaiyou! Rafa.
Nadal entered the professional level really early, and naturally he started as the whipping boy for the more experienced and accomplished players. But because of his mountainous determination and drive, he kept persevering and established for himself an indomitable mindset. I think this is what has truly set him apart in the years that have followed.
TH-cam is really getting comfortable with those non skip 6 second adds
I went Premium today , I had more than enough of these adds
@@clapsting youtube vanced, brave browser on mobile, adblock on pc. Do not give them money. Or just report ads that come your waY
@@PeachwiseSyndrome thanks for the tip
Based on what I am seeing, I think this kid will win some 20+ slams in the future and would become the greatest tennis player ever :)
Mmmh no that's not possible, nobody can do that :-)
I agree
Pure talent
You mean 2nd best player ever
I think he'll win 13GS in Roland Garros alone by year 2020...
Nadal was already better than most of the actuals players
No he wasnt
Ver a Nadal, es un privilegio. Extraordinario jugador y excelentísima persona. Gracias por todo lo que nos has dado y por tu ejemplo.💪💪💪
Commentator mid-game : "we're having the chance to watch a future great tennis player"
Good guess, but no one could know that this youngster would win 22 Grand Slams in the next 20 years of a great and long career up until now!
Nice to see him do his serve within 15 seconds
This guy has a good future.
Let me correct your typo. He has a good fyooter*
@@justdev8965 r/wooosh
@@jalapeno_salsa r/ihavereddit. Also, he wasn't wooshed, he was making a joke himself. God Redditors are cringe. Guess he forgot to use his /s.
@@anniellusion probably not even a redditor, just cringe youtube comment retards who spam something that ended 2 years ago
@@Kiwippy Yeah Nah, dogshit like this always links back to Reddit. Actual pure cringe to be registered there.
Now...he is a legend
je for ewer!
Awe!!! My Nadal before he started his focus preparation before his serve...amazing at 16!
#22 🥰
This kid defeated Pat Cash ( GS winner } in 2001 when he was only 14 !!!
ALL TIME MY FAVOURITE PLAYER NADAAAAL
Damn i felt bad seeing him lose here...Just imagine why him and Roger are loved so much ❤️
Wow. It's abundantly clear just how gifted Nadal was at 16. He hit the ball damned hard even then. Although his style is very different from Federer's, he's no less talented. Based on this performance alone, I'm not surprised that he wound up winning 20 majors. In fact, I don't recall seeing ANY 16 year old male playing this well. Some awesome drop shots here also - which shows that Nadal, even at 16, knew a thing or 2 about finesse and delicacy.
same with alcaraz
@@VladTheSour Indeed.
Un chaval de 16 años poniendo en serios apuros a todo un jugador de los buenos en su mejor momento. Y dejaba asomar lo que ha llegado a ser, un grandisímo Campeón y cuando en un par de meses va a hacer 36 años todavía no ha dicho su última palabra, sí le dejan las lesiones seguro que la dira.
Who would have thought that this child would become a legend for all generations.
who would said, at that time, that guy was going to be the greatest of all time!
13'15" : "Nous avons sur le court un des futurs phénomènes du tennis mondial". Pour une fois les commentateurs n'avaient pas tort.
C'est vrai ça sans doute!
One of the best clay court matches of all time and the kid was still only 16! 🤯🤯
Rafa. Eterno. El mejor de todos los tiempos! Siempre con Rafa!
This kid turned out to be the king of clay. Period.
That's without question- Nadal is on another stratosphere when it comes to clay... when he has lost, which is extremely rare, he wasn't at 💯 percent or someone got lucky as hell!
Puro espectáculo. Puro tenis. Puro Nadal. Que pensaría puerta al ver jugar así a un chaval de apenas 16 años. Sii alguien sabe que comentó Puerta estaría agradecido . Dios salve al Rey Nadal. Qué orgullo para España.
This is NOT challenger level tennis...incredible
you dont watch enough challengers then
@@victorbicudo1374 I have, even live
Puerta was a really good player . He got surprised
he was suspended for 2 years for doping .
A few years later they'd play at the French Open...and tennis changed forever.
Two years later, these two would clash in the RG final. Kind of progress!
This guy can go on and win 21 grandslams is what I feel...
Maybe even 22...
twenty years later, nothing have changed
Little did they know, that 16 years old kid would win 21 Grand Slams
22
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@@MrRazorblade999 22
Pure joy watching Rafa since 2005, 14 RG and 22 GSs. GOAT of ALL time without a doubt. No one will ever surpass this classy genius in ANY sport. Love you Rafa. We’ll done and huge congrats, plus best wishes for the health of your foot. 🙏🏻❤️👏
His career didn't start to take off until he rocked the Capris and Sleeveless combo.
His some of previous hits are better than now.
12:44 mes chers spectateurs , vous avez l'occasion de regarder surement un des futurs, très grand joueur du tennis mondiale!!!
a ce moment il a compris de quoi il s'agit!! et de quoi il vient!!
The same guy he beat 2 years later in the final to win his first RG, this is crazy. Not many players of any age could beat 16 year old Rafa on clay.
at 16 ur testosterone is at its peak so no surprise. its easier to beat nadal at 35
@@smashthestateX Do you even play tennis? That’s like saying 16 years old Federer is more difficult to beat than 35 years old Federer. That’s just silly.
@@smashthestateX Although Nadal looked really good at the AO this year.
People say he serves better now...already 6 aces in this compilation
Wait this isn't Mariano Puerta from 2005 RG final, is it? Cause it seems like exactly him to me.
Exactly, 2 years later he faced Nadal...different result
I just checked on the ATP site, that is definitely the Aix en Provence challenger. there seem to be a LOT of people in the crowd for a challenger though
@@poplova Good players for a challenger like Santoro, Meligeni and Rosset.
And he never played again as he was caught for doping in the French open final against Nadal.
Increible nuestro Nadal, jefe del tennis! Bravo.
Coming from a MASSIVE Nadal fan - it’s interesting how badly he struggles closing out sets and matches…even when he was young
A force of nature from young. The great Rafa Nadal!
always as ever, you are just marvelous, ouir hero a true gentleman, merci
What's so incredible is that from that day, Rafa Nadal still has NEVER once lost back to back matches on clay 😂. How absurd is that? One more unique Rafa fact: he's the only player in history to enter the top 10 in 2005 at 18 and despite missing so many tournaments with injuries, he still scored enough points in the one's he could play. He never fell out of the TOP 10 from the day he entered. No other player has more than 10-11 straight years compared to Rafa's run from 2005 all the way through the next 19 or 20 years and 93% of the time in the top 3. Te echo de menos Rafa
Gosh I remember watching this match like it was yesterday, saying to myself that by 2020, he will have won 13 french opens
Son to be 14....last one? Maybe. Sadly.
Puerta looks like he's going to be a 22-time Grand Slam champion someday and he'll probably win like 14 of them on clay.
The king of clay in the making.
Adorable clever boy Nadal. So serious and concentrate on Tennis.
at sixteen, as if on 2020, just more and more brilliant, and deserves the love and respects, of many people in the world, including me, from Israel:-)
Baruch Haba H'shem!
Who could ever thought, he could be king of clay someday and win 13 RG and 20 majors. What an amazing story,
Make it 21 sir.
@@talkswithvigy7860 22
14 rg...
For NADAL every point is a match!!! VAMOOOOOOS RAAAAAAAFA 💪🏼🇪🇸❤️🎾
the legend was born
Un orgullo para España, por ser tan gran deportista i mejor persona, no hay otro jugador q haga lo q ha hecho el, se merece con creces todo lo q ha conseguido, por su garra i punt d honor,Bravooooo NADAL, NADAL, NADAL!! El mejor d todos los tiempos, i és español 😜👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏🇪🇦🥰🥰🥰🥰
Soy argentina 🇦🇷 y sigo al "Rafa" desde cuando él tenía 18 años y he visto varios videos los cuales para mi, eran inéditos. Realmente es el mejor en tierra batida " y es un grande en todo y lo más importante es un gran ser humano y es humilde. Siempre va a ser "La fiera"👍✨❤️
@ 16:10 he is twice the size of his opponent at 16 yrs old (genetically blessed)
@@patricksweeney5308 Nadal is 1.84 now. Sampras is 1.85. McEnroe is 1.80.
Respect to Rafa 👌👍
Did that Nadal kid ever make it past the Challenger level???
Not really. He just won a small tournament in France for the 13th time.
@@worawatsr9803 Amateur's stuff
Mal Baker. I'm not trying to be funny, but is that a serious question?
@@worawatsr9803 and in the process bagelled the world number one
@@poplova sarcasm my dude....sarcasm
Este joven tiene buena pinta, tal vez llegue lejos.
😁
OMG his stank face at the end while he's holding that crystal scotch tumbler is hysterical. He's like "Yeah, I don't give a damn really, can I go now? Ugh I got to take a picture, I dunno whatever." lol.
Lol he knows he’s aiming for much bigger
lol..
This guy is very talented. He will definitely win a few slams
Not very original
He beat Puerta to claim his first Rolland Garros title, funny how things turn out sometimes! :)
El mejor de todos los tiempos
is incredible to think he turned Pro at 2001... and he became famous on 2005 winning RG to the same rival... 4 years of challengers and ATP tournaments being a teenager... the life of a tennis player must be so tough...
@PaBIOK Yes it is. Only very few manage to be able to earn enough money. And he is absolutely one in a lifetime. A legend.
Hélas.
Pas étonnant que son corps
Soit maintenant
SI DOULOUREUX......
imagine that coincidence, two players meet in a challenger, and two yrs later in a GS final...
mindblowing
that guy was so happy beating a 16 year old
Yeah, they met in the French Open final 2 years later.
That 16 year old could easily beat prime Federer on clay.
He’s from Argentina, what did you expect? hahahaha
ha ha good observation... i think he celebrated out of relief... the kid was giving him too much trouble... really what a phenomenon Rafa was in his late teens and early through mid 20s... djokovic was lurking in the shadows all the time - he was there in the 2006 FO too...but he was not able to move the force called RafaNadal... surprisingly he managed to cut through both rafa and Fed in the next decade... was it only by change of diet... unbelievable...seems too good to be true...
Age does not matter here, they are both profesionals playing for glory and money.
Nadal, Puerta, Santoro, Rosset, Meligeni... what a challenger!
Q grande Nadal, con 16 años ya se le veia el gran campeón q ha llegado a ser, GRANDE NADAL CAMPEÓN, Q ERES UN CRACK 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆💪💪💪💪💪
Nadal was amazing from along time
When did he starts his touching face ritual?
2 years old
This kid might has a future in tennis.
There used to be a training video of Rafa at 16 playing indoor on carpet against a ball machine. Does anyone have a link? I can't seem to find it anymore.
ESTO ES LO QUE SE LLAMA UN CAMPEÓN CON 16 AÑOS
Rafa has all the moves even then!
Here he was merely the fetus of clay, but indeed that fetus grew to become the king...
Pfft, fetus. Just say “baby”
Seeing this after hes retired just hits different 😢
Is that Mariano Puerta that Nadal is playing against? He will see Nadal again in French Open Final 2 years later.
feeling very lucky to be alive in an era where nadal federer and djokovic were at their peak
I think I asked this when you uploaded it before, but have there been any other instances where Challenger finalists have also met in a slam a few years later?
Hmmmm it's a good question. In recent times I don't think so, maybe in the past there's another 🙄
I don t think. 2 years later, sure NO👌
@@sLlorcaTV definitely can find instances if you follow Mackie McDonald’s progress or Tiafoe or Borna Coric. A ton of top 100 players especially the younger ones have been active on challengers in the last 2 years. Dan Evans rise back to top 100 after drug ban comes to mind also. Jaume Muñar isn’t far off from challengers either.
@@sLlorcaTV Grand slams are kind of challengers but only for the BIG 3 ..as they keep challenging each other for GOAT, most GS, most career prize money, most no of weeks as No1, most no of weeks in top 10, etc etc
INCREÍBLE Con solo 16 años RAFA YA TENIA PASTA DE CAMPEÓN...le costo un mundo a Mariano Puerta vencerlo...
That level !!! 😳 Holly shit 16yo !
Nadal has 21 slams. At age 35 and a few months from age 36, I'm going to guess he has one more (22) in him.
I think you're right...
he has done!
If you wonder, he did not play Roland 2004 because of a left foot injury. Probably related to the syndrom he suffers from.
2003 challenger
2005 champion of RG
No doubt, Nadal is very special