Federer and I will play a match here in future, Nadal assures Colombia crowd

Rafael Nadal is currently featuring in an exhibition in South America – and surprised fans in Bogota, Colombia, by telling them that one day in the future he is confident he and Roger Federer will play a match together there.

Describing the recently-retired Swiss as “a good partner for a few years, perhaps the greatest rival of my sports career”, the 22-time Grand Slam champion said that Federer had not been able to travel there “because of a very difficult situation”.

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Nadal added: “He always told me about the great disappointment and sadness that this caused him. And honestly, from here, I say that I am confident that in the future I can be here with him, playing a game in front of all of us.”

Nadal also mentioned that he had not travelled to Colombia himself since 2011, but called it “an incredible country”.

He is currently playing a series of matches across the Latin America region with Casper Ruud.

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