Roger Federer has penned an emotional tribute to Rafael Nadal, joking that he “secretly loved” his long-time rival’s rituals, including “assembling water bottles like toy soldiers” and ...

His pre-match rituals, the neuroses evident in the way he arranged his water bottles and picked at his shorts and his face before each point, were a way to transform Nadal the person into Nadal ...

It included how Nadal likes to assemble his water bottles "like toy soldiers in formation," how he constantly fixes his hair, and adjusts his underwear. "I'm not a very superstitious person ...