{"id":477,"date":"2011-06-02T15:42:09","date_gmt":"2011-06-02T15:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eslhelpdesk.com\/blog\/?p=477"},"modified":"2011-06-02T15:42:09","modified_gmt":"2011-06-02T15:42:09","slug":"interview-with-rafael-nadal-in-my-dreams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eslhelpdesk.com\/blog\/2011\/06\/interview-with-rafael-nadal-in-my-dreams\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview with Rafael Nadal (in my dreams)"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is my “in my dreams” interview with Rafael Nadal, one of the world’s greatest tennis players, from Mallorca, Spain.\"\"<\/a><\/h2>\n

**<\/span><\/p>\n

Rafa, first I want to say that I love watching you play.\u00a0 You are my favorite tennis player.<\/p>\n

Thank you very much.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

I have always loved watching the Spanish tennis players, including the great Manuel Orantes.<\/span><\/p>\n

That’s the true.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

That’s the truth.<\/span><\/p>\n

Yes, that’s the true.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

That’s the truth<\/em>. It should be a noun, truth<\/em>.\u00a0 The truth.<\/em> “True” is an adjective, as in “That’s true.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Thank you very much.\u00a0 That’s true.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Rafa, I saw you play at the US Open in 2010. It was thrilling to watch you play.<\/span><\/p>\n

I played my best match at a very very important moment.\u00a0 Always I try very hard.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

I always try<\/em> very hard.<\/p>\n

Yes, you do.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

I mean – the word order: First “I” then “always”, as in “I always try<\/em> very hard” and “You always try<\/em> very hard.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Thank you very much.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Rafa, what is the key to success in your sport? What is the key to your greatness?<\/span><\/p>\n

Important thing is be healthy, be in the right position mentally.\u00a0 I’m always improving.\u00a0 If you lose something in one part, you have to improve something in another part.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Yes, the<\/em> important thing is to be healthy, and to be<\/em> in the right position mentally.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

Rafa, you are an inspiration to people all over the world. People love you not only for your successes on the tennis court but also for who you are as a person.\u00a0 Good luck tomorrow in the French Open<\/a>.\u00a0 I will be rooting for you.\u00a0 <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

It will be a very difficult match for me.\u00a0 Thank you for all of your support.<\/span><\/strong>
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

Vamos Rafa!<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

**
\n<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is my “in my dreams” interview with Rafael Nadal, one of the world’s greatest tennis players, from Mallorca, Spain. ** Rafa, first I want to say that I love watching you play.\u00a0 You are my favorite tennis player. Thank you very much. I have always loved watching the Spanish tennis players, including the great […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-grammar","category-sports-2","post-preview"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eslhelpdesk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/477","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eslhelpdesk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eslhelpdesk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eslhelpdesk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eslhelpdesk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=477"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/www.eslhelpdesk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/477\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":497,"href":"https:\/\/www.eslhelpdesk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/477\/revisions\/497"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eslhelpdesk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eslhelpdesk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eslhelpdesk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}