Top of the World

This few chapters and finally the end of the book had been very exciting because it is now the rivalry against Novak Djokovic. Djokovic is younger than Nadal and he has a lot of potential. This last chapters of the the first time both get to play together, the first time that Rafa won, the first time that Novak won, and how are the winning vs. loosing right now (23vs.23). How Rafa describes Novak and how Novak describes Rafa.

"Djokovic is a fantastic player"

This is an important quote because that proves my statement that Rafa says that Djokovic has an amazing potential and good stuff.

This picture is at Wimbledon with Rafael Nadal
and Novak Djokovic.

"There are players who burst angry when the opponent dominates but does not make sense. All you get is you harm yourself. What you need to do is think: "I can not do anything to stop it, then why bother?" "

This quote is very important to not just to me but to all the tennis players in the world who understands this. This quote is really important because when you are in a tennis match and you are very angry you should not get more angry because your opponent is dominating you, it doesn't have to affect you. If your opponent if dominating you, you have to do something, that something is not give up and keep trying.

In conclusion, this book had really showed me a lot. Now I know that I am not the only one suffering because my school is hard, and if you keep trying you should get what you want. 

Davis Cup 2004

In these few chapters it tells how the Spanish team that was Carlos Moyá, Rafael Nadal, Tommy Robredo, and Juan Carlos Ferrero. Rafa tells you how were the stress in the matches and against who were they playing. The cuarterfinal was against Netherlands (4-1). Semifinal was against France (4-1). The finals were against United States (3-2).

"It was enough to have eyes in the face the day before the final of the 2004 Davis Cup to realize the upset Juan Carlos Ferrero and Tommy Robredo, displaced from their place in history by the young emerging eighteen, Nadal." (154)

This quote shows me that all the team members were very stress out because it was the second final and they get an eighteen year old boy on the team and that was very stressed.

"Moyá knew very well that behind the mask is placed for gladiator matches there was a suspicious and sensitive soul ..." (160)

This quote shows me that Carlos Moyá has the courage to play and has been there before. He was in the team before, when they won in year 2000.

This picture is taken at 2004 when the Spanish team
 won against United States. 

In these few chapters this book has been very stressing and a lot like my life, because when Rafa was at school he has to catch up a lot and spend his recess and extracurricular classes and that he was very stressed. I think that in the following chapters would talk maybe how he started or something else.

Roger Federer, my greatest rival

This part of the book is about Rafa telling us about how was the rivalry against Roger Federer, all the finals, victories vs. looses. He tells how was the first final he had against him. He was very nervous and he thought that all the final were between the number 1 and number 2 of the world. The only one that Rafa and Roger were scared of was Novak Djokovic. 

"...I do not see any sense to play a sport that you do not give effort." (82)

This is what Rafael Nadal said about playing against Roger and Novak. he always gives the best of him in every single match against any rival, the good thing about him is that he never gives up.

From left to right, Novak Djokovic (3) Rafael Nadal (2)
Roger Federer (1)

"The closest thing to an idol I've had in my life is absolutely Tiger Woods. But not for his swings or his way to give the ball, but by his lucidity, his determination, his attitude. I love that." (149)

That is what makes Rafael Nadal a different person, a different player. His idol is a golf player, that is a lot of difference in sports. Every tennis player has to have a good head. I mean, good concentration, determination, and that is what every golf player has. That is why Rafa admires him.


I think that in the next chapters Rafa will be talking about his rivalry against Novak Djokovic. These few chapters had been very good to me because I have the same rivalry against a girl. I think that is pretty much the same.