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How Much Do You Know About Rafael Nadal: "King of The Clay"?

Prateek Pawar
Rafael Nadal is a Spanish professional tennis player who has asteroids named after him. Take this fast-paced quiz to enhance your knowledge on Rafael Nadal!
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Rafael Nadal was born in Manacor, Spain to Sebastián Nadal Homar, a businessman and Ana María Parera Femenías, a homemaker.
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Tony Nadal, elder brother of Spanish footballer Miguel Nadal coached Rafael Nadal from his childhood through most of his professional career.
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Nadal won the titles at the age of 12. He was also playing football at the time and was asked by his father to choose between one of the sports!
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Nadal defeated Ramón Delgado on 29th April 2002 to win his first ever ATP match. He was 15 at the time and ranked the world #762.
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Nadal won his first Grand Slam title in the year 2003. Winning the title boosted his ranking to #3!
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Nadal defeated Fernando González of Chile in the finals at the 2008 Beijing Olympics to win his first Olympic gold medal.
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Nadal wears customized Nike shoes with his nickname "Rafa" imprinted on his left shoe & a stylized bull logo on the right one.
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In April 2017, the center court of the Barcelona Open held at Real Club de Tennis Barcelona was named "Pista Rafa Nadal".
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On asking Shakira the reason for featuring Nadal, she was heard saying in an interview that she needed someone she could in some way identify with.
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Interesting to Know!
The asteroid discovered in 2003 at the Observatorio Astronómico de Mallorca has been named after Nadal by the International Astronomical Union!
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The ATP Player of the Year award is awarded to a player who ends the year as world #1 in the ATP Singles Rankings.
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Nadal's autobiography "Rafa" was written with assistance from the British journalist & author, John Carlin. It was published in August 2011.
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