Rafael Nadal jokes about the 1000th Win of his career

Rafael Nadal says there is one negative thing about achieving 1000th ATP Win.

Rafael Nadal becomes the Fourth player in Tennis history to reach 1000 wins. and here is the list of the top 3:

Jimmy Connors: 1274 Wins
Roger Federer: 1242 Wins and Still…
Ivan Lendl: 1068 Wins
Rafael Nadal: 1000 Wins and Still…

For that, Rafael Nadal told the media that there is only one negative thing about reaching the 1000 ATP Wins in his career.

Here is what Rafael Nadal said about the 1000th win:

Rafael Nadal jokes about the 1000th Win of his career

“One negative thing about 1,000 wins is you are very old because to win 1,000 matches you need to have a very long career, but I am super happy. It means I’ve done a lot of things right. I’m proud of a lot of things, but I faced some challenges in my career in terms of injuries.”

“It’s a big achievement to be playing at the age of 34. To achieve that number is because I have been playing well for a lot of years and is something that makes me feel happy,”

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” I just can say thank you very much to all the people that helped me and all the people that at any moment of my life helped me to be where I am.”

“I know it is a very special number, 1,000. Even if it’s not the same to celebrate something like this without a crowd, I enjoy it with ATP, with the president of the French (Tennis) Federation, Guy Forget, supervisor, and the ball boys.

“I enjoy it and just can say thanks to all of them to make this moment a little bit more special,” Rafael Nadal said.

Rafael Nadal jokes about the 1000th Win of his career

Rafael Nadal jokes about the 1000th Win of his career

Rafael Nadal defeats Feliciano Lopez in a tough match

The World Number 2 Rafael Nadal achieved another record in his career after defeating Feliciano Lopez in a tough match in 3 sets with 4-6 / 7-6 (5) / 6-4.

Rafael Nadal went straight to the press conference to explain how the match went for him, as He praised his friend and rival Feliciano Lopez.

Here is Rafael Nadal press conference:

“I started the match the worst way possible, especially against a big server like Feli, After that, I played under a lot of pressure the rest of the match, but I found a way. ”

“It was a very tough match, and I started the worst way possible with the break against him because you are under a lot of pressure for the whole match,”

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“This victory is one that I am very proud of. The personal satisfaction sometimes is bigger when you win these kinds of matches than if you go on court and win 6-3, 6-3