‘It’s an example beyond sport’: why Spain is crazy about Rafael Nadal

There is like a consensus around Rafael Nadal in Spain. It is difficult, if not impossible, here to find dissonant voices who criticize him. Very reckless the one who could issue a negative opinion, or think that there is better elsewhere. “He is the greatest! exclaims Jorge, owner of a bookshop in the center of Madrid. There is a long history between tennis and Spain. It is rooted in our daily lives and he is its best representative. »