Nadal doesn’t think his body is like Ronaldo’s (Picture: Getty)

Rafael Nadal may still be dominating the world of tennis, but he played down any comparison with Cristiano Ronaldo in terms of their bodies.

The world No. 1 has lost just one match on this season and battled his way into the French Open semi-finals on Thursday.

After his win over Diego Schwartzman, the top seed was quizzed over a recent set of medical reports released regarding Real Madrid ace Ronaldo.

The Portuguese was said to have a biological age of 23, despite being 33, and just 7% of body fat.


Being just a year younger than the five-time Ballon d’Or winner, Nadal was asked for his tips for staying in shape – but he joked that his body is nowhere near in the same condition as Ronaldo’s.



He said: ‘My body is about 40 years old, but I’m not really focusing on that. I’m just playing tennis.

Nadal is not interested in his biological body age (Picture: EPA)

‘I’m not really interested by all these things, and I don’t think that – you can’t really know the reality of how old is your body.

‘I’m 32, and I’m how I am. I’m happy. I accept my age. I try to adapt to all the changes that the body is going through over the years.

‘There are things that are lost and there are other things that are gained, and I’m trying to improve all the time. That’s it.

‘I’m happy for Cristiano that he’s 23, his body is 23.’

Nadal will face Juan Martin del Potro in the semi-finals at Roland Garros.