Rafa Nadal Reveals the Hardest Part of Filming His Documentary | Q&Andy artwork

Rafa Nadal Reveals the Hardest Part of Filming His Documentary | Q&Andy

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June 11, 2026

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Speakers: Andy Roddick, Zach Heinzerling, Rafael Nadal, Seth Meyers
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**Andy Roddick** (1:06)
Hey, everyone, welcome to Q&Andy. Listen, there's a better show than you guys just asking me questions. How about hearing from Rafa about the documentary? Last week, I was lucky enough to be able to moderate a conversation after the US screening of his Netflix doc that is out right now. Please watch it if you haven't. It's with Rafa and Zach Heinzerling, who is the director who did a fantastic job, is one of all the awards, is great at what he does.
Netflix has let us have the footage from that conversation, so here it is. That's what it's going to be for this week's Q&Andy. Thanks for watching. Congratulations to both of you. Obviously, I can not relate to the successes of Rafa, but I can relate to the lifestyle and what it takes. And Zach, I think, not that you're looking for the feedback portion of the show, but it was nice, as someone who shared a lot of spaces with Rafa and core with Rafa, we know him one way, but we were never in the room for those tough conversations. And, you know, it was like this mythical thing. What's he talking about? What's he doing?
You know, so I thought you really captured the tennis lifestyle and the person behind it very well. So congratulations to both of you.

**Zach Heinzerling** (2:22)
Thank you very much.

**Andy Roddick** (2:26)
Rafa, I want to welcome. I know you've been in America for about three hours and you're leaving soon.
I was I was surprised when I heard that this was being done. You were someone who was always famously private, you know, very close to your family. You had the same people around you for our entire careers. What made you say yes to this?

**Rafael Nadal** (2:54)
Well, good evening, everyone. And thank you very much for being here, first of all. And thank you. And I stay not that long, but I love America, by the way.
I'm not staying that long because it's my fourth time in less than five weeks in in the county. So I have I have a family to take care to and so more jobs. For me, it was a big decision.
I am more used to be in front of the cameras, but I am a little my concern was about my family, about my team, because in some way we I mean, when we are working, when we're having these conversations, we are just by ourselves. No. So having a camera there, listening, watching all what's happening in every single moment. Yeah, it's not an easy decision. And for me, the toughest part is for not bothering the other people in their private moments. But to be honest, we had a great team next to us. Zach and the rest of the team make the things very easy for all of us. And even if the beginning is always tough, I think Zach can talk about that too. But I think after a couple of weeks, things were moving forward in a very positive way.

**Andy Roddick** (4:17)
You mentioned not wanting to bother your family. And you have a young family now with children.
What a cool thing for them to be able to see, though, in 10 years and 15 years. You know, they know you as dad, but the rest of the world knows you as this guy. I mean, have you thought about that and what that will mean kind of moving forward? And if that'll be a cool thing for them to have in the future?

**Rafael Nadal** (4:42)
I think it will be great, because I'm not talking at all about myself.

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