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<\/a>tennis express pro player gear<\/p>\nSo who will prevail if Fedal reignite their riveting rivalry?<\/p>\n
The King of Clay was asked that question in a new interview with AS.com\u2019s Susana Guasch<\/a> after receiving the AS Legend Award 2025. <\/a><\/p>\n A humble Nadal did not hesitate in his response.<\/p>\n \u201cHonestly, him. He\u2019s been training longer than I have,\u201d Nadal told AS.com of Federer. \u201cI think he has something for January, so he has been preparing for some time.<\/p>\n \u201cI already told him in the last conversation we had, that if we have to do something, he should let me know a little bit of time. Don\u2019t make me make a fool of myself on the [court]. If at some point the opportunity arises, let it [please] us both, something good.\u201d<\/p>\n Speaking to CNBC\u2019s Andrew Ross Sorkin in September, Federer was asked about the prospect of reviving the senior tour.<\/p>\n Twenty-time Grand Slam champion Federer delivered an intriguing response, specifically saying \u201cmaybe we can create a Fedal Tour.\u201d<\/p>\n The 44-year-old Federer, who looks extremely fit, says he\u2019s been playing tennis fairly frequently and would love to reunite with old rival Rafa.<\/p>\n \u201cWhy not? I love Rafa,\u201d Federer told CNBC. \u201cI played four hours of tennis the other day in LA\u2014here in San Francisco, sorry\u2014and then in LA also another hour and a half. So before that I\u2019ve been playing a lot.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve been trying to keep in good shape. And I know that Rafa is totally open to maybe playing some tennis. It sounds terrible, seniors tennis, to us but maybe we can create a tour like a Fedal Tour or something like that. I mean it would be cool.\u201d<\/p>\n Perhaps we could see Roger and Rafa reunite in Newport, Rhode Island on the historic lawn court ahead of the Swiss Maestro\u2019s 2026 induction into the International Tennis Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n Nadal, who recently hit with Rafa Nadal Academy graduate Alexandra Eala in Mallorca, said he\u2019ll need some time to prepare but suggested a Fedal exhibition \u201cwill come out\u201d at some point.<\/p>\n \u201cYou never know. I have a very good relationship with Roger, we talk regularly,\u201d Nadal said. \u201cI think that at some point something will come out.<\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s been out longer and I, in a year, have literally played 45 minutes one day and 45 minutes another, to be honest. To get back on a [court] and not be a horror, I would need a little time.\u201d<\/p>\n A father of two sons, three-year-old Rafa Jr., and three-month-old Miguel, Rafa Nadal was asked if he could envision himself serving as a future \u201cToni Nadal\u201d coaching his children in sport.<\/p>\n