I Saw This Thread On Twitter Of Rafa With Plushies. So I Will Share It Cause It's Rafa 🥰🥰🥰

no context just rafa at roland garros always

This year's 'i don't wanna look like i'm gonna be his boyfriend'

"it was amazing" -roger about holding rafa's hands. And roger wonders why we overreact when they held hands "briefly" 😭 THIS. THIS IS WHY-

These two... seriously

A few years ago Rafa did a feature on his website where he talked about some of the most important matches in his life. It was deleted when his website was updated but I’ve just found a copy of it!

Some highlights (all real quotes):

“In the semi-finals, I faced Federer, and it is true that I felt plethoric on clay… as true as the match seemed intimidating, I felt respect. I am not saying fear. Never. My start was explosive. I knew that Rogerio (as I friendly call him) was not used to hitting so high and would take a few games to get used to my lifting.” - RG 05

“Another final against Federer. I correct. It is never ‘another’, it is never ‘one more’. Every meeting is the first and the last, and this would be no exception: a victory of sweat and courage, with flashes of great tennis.” - Monte Carlo 06

“I jumped on to court in front of more than 15,000 people. I looked at my parents and then at Federer. I was ready, or that is what I thought. Roger gave me a real thrashing in the first set. He soon got 5-0 up, and showed tremendous solvency and serenity: drives along the line, a concluding, resolving backhand at the net.” “Federer is not only a champion, but also a gentleman and an elegant rival. He did not try to humiliate me, he did not draw blood. I don’t think he wanted to win like that against a frightened opponent who hardly put up any resistance. He wanted to win against Rafa Nadal.” - RG 06

“I know Federer beat me in the final, although as far as I am concerned, I played the best tennis of my career. Wimbledon was Rogerio’s garden, his private domain. He strolled around the court sweeping away any opponent who dared to tread on his grass with overwhelming superiority.” “The game that Fed-Ex develops on grass is… well, you know what I am talking about. I am not going to write an ode (he has got his own web for that, hasn’t he? ;-D) though sometimes I felt the impulse to stay there watching his technique.” “Roger, an extraordinary fellow with or without his racquet, spared me no praise in his declarations, congratulating me for a great match and addressing me a few words that consoled any twinge of disappointment, ‘you also deserved it.’” - Wimbledon 07

“I am not capable of putting into words what this victory meant to me. Maybe I need perspective, maybe I still haven’t taken it in. Since I came on to the professional circuit, even before his, I related the word ‘Wimbledon’ with 'Roger Federer’. It is something subconscious and automatic: the All England’s Club court is something like his garden.” “Nothing around me was important, time stopped, the voices faded and the stands were no more than mist. Roger and I were alone.” “I was aware that Roger and I had just played the best tennis match of all time; that I had just won the most prestigious tournament on the circuit; that… I had made my dream come true.” - Wimbledon 08

I'll be there for you • These five words I swear to you • When you breathe, I wanna be the air for you • I'll be there for you • I'd live and I'd die for you • I'd steal the sun from the sky for you • Words can't say what love can do • I'll. be. there. for. you.

Rafa is living his best life

📹: FadingTramlines (twitter)

Rafa in an interview with EL PAÍS | English translation

Another day, another glorious fedal interaction • Part 2

Roger's POV: *peaks at Rafa's naked back then nervously fiddles with his zipper* *realises he got caught drooling by the cameraman* *casually points at Rafa*

Roger: *mouths* You should film him

*points again just in case*

Rafa's POV: *once again completely oblivious to what's going on as he's too busy fighting with his own shirt*

Spanish journalist asking why, after already having "won everything" Rafa is considering playing another year in 2024 after the injury break and "starting from zero" if necessary.

Rafa: "Well, not that I like to use that word - but in a way I feel strong enough to say this - i think it's not what I deserve, to finish like this. I have put enough effort into the whole of my career that I don't think the end of it should be today in a press conference."

Roger Federer | Uniqlo

It's 2am and I'm soft uwu.

P.s. Rafa's handwriting is so cute it makes me weak.