Rafa NadalLegend of Spanish and World Sports, he has never hidden his passion for golf. Although the sport in which he triumphed was tennis, it has not been strange to see him, especially in recent years, with the sticks in his hands, even playing some amateur competition. It is thus understood, therefore, that it would follow closely what happened last April in the Augusta Nationalin the outcome of a Masters That, as he has confessed in an interview, he lived with a special emotion.
Mallorcan knows better than anyone how difficult it is for sport stars to get great achievements. So he claimed to feel “very excited” when Rory McIlroyafter so many attempts, finally the famous Green jacket with which he completed a Grand Slam what Rafa It has in tennis. «Honestly, I was crying at home when he won. I was very excited, I have suffered a lot with him, ”he told him Amanda Davies in the CNN About the triumph of the Norwegian in Augusta.
«Honestly, I always had the confidence that I would get it because, in the first place, he deserved it. And I always think that, in some way, there is justice. Actually, I think he probably knew before the round that was going to go through all those moments of pressure and that the beginning would be difficult. But I think the first hole accepted very well, which was very difficult. I think he lacked something in the first holes, with a couple of drivers that stayed in the bunker for very little. But then he started playing well ».
«I think he made a risky blow to 11. He was lucky there. But then, again, the error in the 13, for me, was the most difficult time of the round, ”he analyzed Nadalmaking it clear that no detail of that historic Sunday was lost in the Augusta National. And questioned for that, for its level of analysis, as if it were a tennis game, he explained: «Well, yes, because I know very well the Augusta golf course. I have seen it. I love golf. I love Rorysincerely. And I admire him as a athlete and as a person. I really wanted to win. So I saw every blow. And yes, in the end it was very, very emotional. I was very, very happy.
