Vamos, @RafaelNadal!
As you get ready to graduate from tennis, I’ve got a few things to share before I maybe get emotional.
Let’s start with the obvious: you beat me—a lot. More than I managed to beat you. You challenged me in ways no one else could. On clay, it felt like I was stepping into your backyard, and you made me work harder than I ever thought I could just to hold my ground. You made me reimagine my game—even going so far as to change the size of my racquet head, hoping for any edge.
I’m not a very superstitious person, but you took it to the next level. Your whole process. All those rituals. Assembling your water bottles like toy soldiers in formation, fixing your hair, adjusting your underwear... All of it with the highest intensity. Secretly, I kind of loved the whole thing. Because it was so unique—it was so you.
And you know what, Rafa, you made me enjoy the game even more.
OK, maybe not at first. After the 2004 Australian Open, I achieved the #1 ranking for the first time. I thought I was on top of the world. And I was—until two months later, when you walked on the court in Miami in your red sleeveless shirt, showing off those biceps, and you beat me convincingly. All that buzz I’d been hearing about you—about this amazing young player from Mallorca, a generational talent, probably going to win a major someday—it wasn’t just hype.
We were both at the start of our journey and it’s one we ended up taking together. Twenty years later, Rafa, I have to say: What an incredible run you’ve had. Including 14 French Opens—historic! You made Spain proud... you made the whole tennis world proud.
I keep thinking about the memories we’ve shared. Promoting the sport together. Playing that match on half-grass, half-clay. Breaking the all-time attendance record by playing in front of more than 50,000 fans in Cape Town, South Africa. Always cracking each other up. Wearing each other out on the court and then, sometimes, almost literally having to hold each other up during trophy ceremonies.
I’m still grateful you invited me to Mallorca to help launch the Rafa Nadal Academy in 2016. Actually, I kind of invited myself. I knew you were too polite to insist on me being there, but I didn’t want to miss it. You have always been a role model for kids around the world, and Mirka and I are so glad that our children have all trained at your academies. They had a blast and learned so much—like thousands of other young players. Although I always worried my kids would come home playing tennis as lefties.
And then there was London—the Laver Cup in 2022. My final match. It meant everything to me that you were there by my side—not as my rival but as my doubles partner. Sharing the court with you that night, and sharing those tears, will forever be one of the most special moments of my career.
Rafa, I know you’re focused on the last stretch of your epic career. We will talk when it’s done. For now, I just want to congratulate your family and team, who all played a massive role in your success. And I want you to know that your old friend is always cheering for you, and will be cheering just as loud for everything you do next.
Rafa that!
Best always, your fan,
Roger
Conceptos básicos para la chaviza:
ISR: Impuesto por ganar dinero
IVA: Impuesto por gastar dinero
IDE: Impuesto por guardar dinero
ISN: Impuesto por pagar dinero
IEPS: Impuesto sobre cosas que ya tienen impuestos
ISAÍ: Impuesto por comprar casa.
Predial: Impuesto por tener casa.
ISAN: Impuesto por comprar carro
Tenencia: Impuesto por tener carro
Queda claro que no gobiernas para México. Gobiernas para tu ego, para tus fantasmas, tus delirios de grandeza y los cuatotes que te quedan. Ya no te reconozco como el presidente de mi país.
Eres un ojal más en mi pechera.
Te pasaste, primo hermano. @lopezobrador_
⚡️Mis chamacos. Hoy en #TeneBrozo: Tres pistas a prueba de retenes, los divertidos panfletos de la ignominia y en el estudio @lorenzocordovav y @CiroMurayamaINE con “La Democracia no se toca” ¡Órale! 🔴 Video Completo -> https://t.co/T5Y7UoiQ1Z
#InformaciónParaTi@latinus_us
Van 29 muertos y 200 heridos en el metro. Según AMLO todo es un complot. La causa real es el austericidio presidencial producto de sus caprichos: no hay para mantenimiento del metro, pero sí hay 384,000 millones para el tren, la refinería y el aeropuerto sin pasajeros. ¡Criminal!
Recordar no es “politizar”
Transparentar no es “politiquería”
Señalar no es “sacar raja política”
Denunciar no es “oportunismo”
Criticar no es “montarse sobre la tragedia”
Exigir mejor gobierno es derecho y deber ciudadano
Ahora, antes, siempre
#Metro#MetroCDMX
En el último accidente del Metro, ni Claudia Sheinbaum ni Morena ni el gobierno federal pueden excusarse con el argumento de “deficiencias heredadas”. La izquierda gobierna CDMX desde 1997. Años de desinversión/mantenimiento deficiente/prioridades en otra parte. Háganse cargo.
La presencia de @Claudiashein en la CDMX es irrelevante.
Los resultados de su ineptitud y negligencia criminal la rebasan, esté donde esté.
La corrupción mata.
Salió caro el regalito a Biden. Recuento oficial de operativos para detener a Ovidio.
2019: 8 muertos
2023: 29 muertos
Este gobierno cada día hace peor las cosas.
https://t.co/VOLLwMSx7P
Arranca el año del ocaso. @lopezobrador_ perdió la Suprema Corte y el Tribunal Federal de Justicia Administrativa. Los contrapesos se activan frente al aspirante a dictador… y solamente llevamos dos días de enero.
El 2022 ha sido rudo. Nos han querido imponer a la mediocridad como símbolo patrio y al resentimiento como lengua nacional. La violencia, la simulación y la ignorancia nos acechan. 2023 será mejor si logramos desarticular el loco embate del tiranuelo y de su secta. Amén. ☘️🍷