Roberto Bautista Agut names Michael Jordan, Sergio Ramos and Rafael Nadal as Top athletes
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Tennis star Roberto Bautista Agut reveals Michael Jordan, Sergio Ramos and Rafael Nadal as his 3 top athletes. In a recent conversation with ATP as per Essentially Sports, Agut suggested that he idolised Jordan. This is not the first a tennis player has lauded Michael Jordan. Earlier Roger Federer as well as Nick Kyrgios have praised Jordan for his contribution and achievements in the world of basketball.
The other two athletes that Bautista Agut named were soccer player Sergio Ramos and rival Rafael Nadal. Talking about Real Madrid’s captain, Ramos, in a career that has spanned over 17 years, Ramos has accumulated 25 trophies for both club and country.
He was a hero for me while growing up: Roger Federer on Michael Jordan
Roger Federer in an earlier interview had placed Jordon as his inspiration alongside tennis greats, Boris Becker and Stefan Edberg. Federer had said:
“He was more of a hero for me growing up like Boris Becker and Stefan Edberg were. He was one of those iconic idols for me that I looked up to… Jordan was different because I looked up to him and he was so smooth. Everything about him was just easy-going, relaxed, and in control. I like that about him.”
Australian tennis player Nick Kyrgios is an avid basketball fan, and even he had a lot of say about Jordon. Kyrgios hailed Jordon for bringing basketball and NBA to the forefront and said, “What [Michael Jordan] did for the sport, what that ‘Dream Team’ did – It put NBA on the map globally and made people actually take note of how cool basketball is. I think what Jordan has done for the sport is insane,”
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