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• Rafa Nadal: “I’d rather die being brave” (via El Pais)

RN: For instance, before Djokovic’s double fault at match point, I had already decided to hit a high cross shot and then a parallel forehand. I had already made that decision before he missed. I told myself: “The time is now; I am tired, I must play.” My inner logic was: “If I miss, it will be my miss. If I end up not winning this game, I must not think that I haven’t been brave. I would rather die being brave.”

Q. You said you cried when Roger Federer won Roland Garros in 2009, the year you went out to Robin Söderling, your only defeat at the tournament … RN: I was moved. Q. Will you cry if Djokovic wins? RN: I don’t know. As the years go by you see things a bit differently. It doesn’t take…