Paris Match devotes its front page to Rafael Nadal with an interview and exclusive photos. Available and smiling, the Spanish champion played the game of our photographer Baptiste Giroudon for exceptional coverage.
Not a second to lose. The day after his 14th victory at Roland-Garros, Rafael Nadal is very surrounded: an agent, two bodyguards, press officers. He limps slightly when found at the door of his suite, wearing an immaculate white shirt and a neutral jacket. Nadal bends without flinching to the promotion game. On the roof of a Parisian palace, twelve people attend the photo shoot. Nadal tries to focus in front of the camera, doesn’t get distracted by phones trying to steal a moment from the shoot.
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Two Cerberus watch over the official tournament trophy. “We had it fourteen times, laughs Benito, his agent. Do you think we’re going to steal it now?” Nadal does not listen. Looking vaguely, he takes off his shirt in the elevator to put on a polo shirt. On each floor, the same bewildered gaze of customers discovering the shirtless champion. He remains unfazed, limping towards his future. The handshake is firm. The interview can begin…
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Find the full interview and exclusive photos in issue 3814 of Paris Match, on sale Thursday in newsstands.
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