Nadal, on the initiative to name the airport after him: "Delighted with life, it's an honor"

The Majorcan tennis player Rafael Nadal said that he will be “delighted” that Palma de Mallorca Airport bears his name. “It’s an honor,” added the man from Manaco in reference to the collection of signatures that promotes this idea.

Nadal spoke about this issue at a press conference he gave at the Rafa Nadal Academy in Manacor, after the resounding victory he won last Sunday in Australia where he won his 21st Grand Slam in a match that lasted more than five hours against the Russian Daniil Medvedev. “If the people who have to decide that believe that it is the right thing for Palma airport, then who am I to say no? Delighted with life,” he declared.

On the other hand, the brand new champion of the Australian Open spoke about the physical problems he had the last half year. “Something special has been achieved, which is to compete to the maximum against the best. It is something fundamental for the future, in order to have a good time and to see myself qualified to continue. Win or lose, but the three or four weeks we’ve been through I’ve been feeling surprisingly good.”

Regarding the nearest future, he considered that he will analyze it clearly and calmly. “I think of Indian Wells with the maximum predetermination and facing Acapulco the term is shorter, I would like to, but the perspective has changed and I have to make a decision according to what my body allows me so that things go in the best way possible,” he said.