Nadal was spotted playing with taping on his back, but he refused to elaborate on the problem when asked.

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As for him, he could have gone on talking well beyond the hour, and in fact he stayed 45 minutes after the taping, going back and forth with us.

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That evening we were back at what was then known as the RCA Building for the "Tonight" taping.

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