Rafeal Nadal and Roger Federer are fierce rivals on court, but great friends off court. For this reason, it was the Spaniard that had the honor to introduce Roger during the Gala Party of the Laver Cup.
Nadal’s introduction
During the introduction, Rafa poked fun at Roger to say:
“The most unknown player here and I will present you my rival. Probably the biggest one. Honestly, I start to be a little tired.
[Instead of] being rivals, it’s much better to have him next to me being my team-mate and it’s the one and only Roger Federer.”
Rafa Nadal Representing The G.O.A.T "ROGER FEDERER" 👑❤
Posted by Hager Almeria on Thursday, September 19, 2019
Roger Federer’s ranking and performance in 2019
Ranked no.3, the Swiss played his last match on the 3rd of September when he lost to Grigor Dimitrov 3-6 6-4 3-6 6-4 6-2 in the quarter in U.S. Open.
This year Roger has a 43-7 win-loss record. Roger has won 3 titles in 2019 in Dubai, in Miami and sin Halle. The Swiss twas the finalist in Indian Wells and ein Wimbledon.
Rafael Nadal’s ranking and performance in 2019
Ranked no.2, the Spaniard played his last match on the 8th of September when he defeated Daniil Medvedev 7-5 6-3 5-7 4-6 6-4 in the final in U.S. Open to win his 84th career title.
This year the Spaniard has a 47-6 win-loss record. Nadal conquered 4 titles in 2019 in Rome, at the French Open, in Montreal and at the U.S. Open. The Spaniard was the finalist at the Australian Open.
Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal played each other 42 times. The head to head is 26-16 for Nadal.
The last time that they played, Roger Federer won 7-63 1-6 6-3 6-4 in the semifinal in Wimbledon in 12th July 2019.
