Big 4 gathered on the day of gratitude Nadal

The gratitude ceremony of Nadal took place on the first day of Grand Slam, at the end of the afternoon of 25/5 at the main field of Philippe Chatrier. The Organizing Committee of Roland Garros wants to break up and honored "the king of the land" - the retired person at the end of last year with the record 14 times the championship. "We want to send him a message that old friends will always be with him ".

after the video of Nadal's memories with rivals once in the group "Big 4 " was shown on the big screen, the trio of Federer, Djokovic and Murray to the pitch, hugging Nadal with smiling smiles.

At Roland Garros, Nadal wins Federer (6 times) and Murray (2 times). He also defeated Djokovic eight in 10 confrontations. In total, he won 112 in 116 matches at Grand Slam Dat. "Djokovic doesn't know, Murray may know, but with Federer, we have talked about this a few times. All the worries, pressure, and strange feeling when we meet at the time of competition, it's completely different at the end of my career. Now I just feel happy, about everything we have. All have achieved dreams ".     Video Nadal Sub

Nadal thinks that becoming the top players and playing the biggest matches are the dreams of all four. According to the " king", he and Federer, Djokovic, Murray have built great competition, good colleagues, respect each other, motivate each other to the limit. "The last tennis is just a game ," Nadal said. "So, the fact that you are here has a great significance. This is a great message to the world that we can be good friends even if we have the biggest competition ".

Nadal was once held the farewell ceremony when attending this team at the end of last year. Revealed that the organizers were honored Nadal after the semi -finals, but the Spanish team suddenly lost to the quarterfinals in the hands of the Dutch.

In addition to the gratitude ceremony, Nadal also participated in the special exhibition at the tournament museum. The organizers also set up a bronze statue at the aisle in the main field complex.