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Today, all the credit goes to a phenomenal generation that made tennis a hugely popular sport throughout Italy. And some people wanted to prevent that. It's crazy.

— Nicola Pietrangeli

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What happened when it became known that the final would be against Chile?

Adriano was born to play tennis. It's a shame it didn't last long because he would have been able to beat all my records.

What was Pietrangeli's most important skill as captain?

Padel allows everyone to have fun. Someone who plays padel badly undoubtedly has more fun than a poor tennis player, who never touches the ball and therefore ends up getting bored. Here the distances are shorter, everything is easier.

(About Roger Federer) It's hard to find faults with him, to give him a rating below ten. And I challenge anyone to do so. Like Borg, he invented a style, a way of playing.

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