All those rituals. Assembling your water bottles like ... In reply to that hilarious question, Rafael Nadal said, “Uf! This is coming from a long time ago. Comes from when I was very very ...

Roger Federer has penned an emotional tribute to Rafael Nadal, joking that he “secretly loved” his long-time rival’s rituals, including “assembling water bottles like toy soldiers” and ...

His pre-match rituals, the neuroses evident in the way he arranged his water bottles and picked at his shorts and his face before each point, were a way to transform Nadal the person into Nadal ...

Nadal is a man of rituals and superstitions. This is a guy who, when he’s walking across the back of Laver Arena after toweling off, goes out of his way to step all the way through the Melbourne ...

Federer listed a few of the quirky things he noticed about his rival's process and rituals. It included how Nadal likes to assemble his water bottles "like toy soldiers in formation," how he ...

You made Spain proud… you made the whole tennis world proud.” Federer referenced Nadal’s famous rituals and the time his four children have spent at the 38-year-old’s tennis academies ...

"In secret, I loved it all. Because it was so unique, it was so you," Federer wrote, reflecting on the rituals Nadal became known for — from meticulously arranging his water bottles to adjusting ...

Federer admitted he "secretly" loved Nadal's superstitions and rituals —from assembling water bottles in formation to fixing his hair or adjusting his underwear midway through a match.