Cristiano Ronaldo takes to the tennis court

Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo took to the courts this past weekend, perhaps inspired by his friend, 10-time French Open champion Rafael Nadal.

While Nadal's uncle may have played for FC Barcelona, Nadal is a Real Madrid fan through and through, supporting his favorite soccer team year-round.

After the club’s head coach, Zinedine Zidane, stepped down from the manager position, Nadal weighed in on his departure.

“He's a person that is tough to accept that he's leaving for different things, different reasons. First thing because he's a great coach and he was having a lot of success with our team,” the world No. 1 said.

“Second thing, he's a good person, normal person, humble person. He represents, in my opinion, the right values, and he's a right, a perfect example how somebody with a lot of success have to do the things of every day with being normal, being humble without saying negative things about the players, about the club, about nobody."

Last weekend, Real Madrid claimed the Champion’s League title over Liverpool.

At Roland Garros, Nadal is into the quarterfinals without the loss of a set.

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