There\u2019s also a good chunk of space allocated to your on -ourt style. When looking back, have you ever had a moment of \u201cWhat am I wearing?!\u201d Or did you like everything along the way?<\/p>\n
[Laughs] No, it\u2019s impossible to like everything. We had mistakes. And I\u2019ll tell you one thing: We worked a year and a half in advance on all the outfits. That\u2019s something that I enjoyed. But at the same time, at the beginning of my career, let\u2019s say the first eight to 10 years, we made decisions from pictures on the computer, you know? And it was difficult sometimes, because what you see on the computer versus what then arrived in real life could be completely different. When I had a couple of, let\u2019s say, mistakes in making decisions, when the clothing arrived and I was not happy, I said, \u201cOkay, to make decisions, I need to see the material and the color in real life.\u201d So I am prouder of the things we were wearing later in my career.<\/p>\n
But, you know what? The beginning of my career, with the pirate pants and the sleeveless shirts\u2014you see it today, and for me, it\u2019s horrible. That\u2019s the truth. But in those years, in some way, I created my identity. I was recognized for wearing these wild things, with the long hair, the bandana, you know? It was something different. With Roger, everything was, you know, a bit more perfect and more classy. And then I arrived, hair everywhere, and let\u2019s say\u2026 a little more wild, you know? Not so\u2026 orthodox. I enjoyed that part, even if, 20 years later, I look at it differently.<\/p>\n
On this flip side of that, was there a style moment you really loved\u2014and still love?<\/p>\n
Well, you know what? I never usually liked to play in all black clothes. If you look, I always played with bright colors, energetic colors. I think this is because I always had a good connection with kids, and kids and young people normally like colors, you know? So I always played in bright colors on court. But I did love playing the night sessions in New York in a full black outfit. Those nights were very, very special. The atmosphere was just wild. So I liked that, if I had to choose one moment or set of moments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There\u2019s also a good chunk of space allocated to your on -ourt style. When looking back, have you…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":880233,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[813,99,428],"class_list":["post-880232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-rafael-nadal","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/880232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=880232"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/880232\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/880233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=880232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=880232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=880232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}