Nadal talks dancing, tequila after Paris win

On Sunday, Rafael Nadal dispatched 20-year-old Sebastian Korda, 6-1, 6-1, 6-2 to ease into the Roland Garros quarterfinals. In press, reporters grappled with enticing the Spaniard with new, interesting questions after yet another routine win. So things got a little weird.

Here's one question that turned heads.

Q: So at the very start of the match you lost the ball briefly for a second from Sebastian's return, you spun around like a ballroom dancer, you found it again, and made a great return. So my questions are: Have you ever lost something that is important to you and did you find it? And do you often move like a dancer on the court, do you like dancing off the court? If so, what is your favorite dance?

Nadal: "Well, yeah, with some tequilas I am dancing, yes. Without tequilas is more difficult."

He continued with a more standard response.

"But, yeah, with these conditions out there, with that wind, it's unpredictable what the ball can do. So we need to be ready and just you need to be quick enough mentally and physically to have the right answer when the ball is moving every single way, no?"

As for things he has lost, that includes the basics like his phone and wallet.

Nadal has great things to say about his young opponent, who didn't hide how giddy he was to get to face his idol.

"Ever since I was a kid, I mean I was in love with him and everything about him," Korda said. "It was an unbelievable moment for me and I couldn't have written it any better. Qualifying for my first Grand Slam, winning my first tour-level match, and then playing Rafa on Chatrier in the fourth round of a Grand Slam, it's a big blessing."

Korda was so excited–even after the loss—that he asked Nadal for an autograph. He obliged.

"I think after the match I asked him for a signed shirt when we were tapping rackets," Korda said. "So I don't know if anyone's ever asked him for an autograph after a match, but that was definitely the coolest moment of my life and one I'll never forget for sure."

That might be an actual first for Nadal, who surely thought he had seen everything by now, on court and off.