The uncle and former coach of the native of Manacor admitted that the current 6th in the ATP ranking still wants to stay in the business, in addition to considering that he has the conditions to continue to leave his mark on the circuit.
Tony Nadal uncle and trainer Raphael Nadal From the start of the career of the winner of 22 Grand Slams until 2017, although he is no longer the coach of the native of Manacor, he remains attentive to the evolution of the career of the one who was his manager.
In this sense, in conversation with Agencia EFE, the current Canadian coach Félix Auger-Aliassime (7th) admitted that he has not spoken with his nephew about a possible retirement , a scenario that ran given the physical problems he has been carrying for a long time and which made him end his last match with injury, corresponding to the second round of the Australian Open. However, he feels that in the spirit of the former world number 1 “he is not retiring at the moment” .
On this subject, Nadal added that “another thing is what the doctors say or that he has more pain than he touches” . Despite this, he is convinced that “the time is still good” What if the winner of 92 ATP trophies “He is in good condition, he will continue” he pointed out.
About the battle he has with the Serb Novak Djokovic (1st) recent Australian Open winner – whose crown was used to equal the Spaniard in number of Grand Slam titles – the 36-year-old Spaniard’s uncle believes that “It’s hard to get over it because he’s fresher (…). In the end it’s a complicated fight against a great champion like Djokovic.” he pointed.
“We must continue to fight”
Asked about the things his nephew still has to do in tennis, Toni Nadal believes that it is not a question of “winning this or that tournament”, but of “continuing the fight” and living day by day .
“You have to keep doing what you love and keep fighting, that’s what we got used to from a very young age” underlined the coach, who believes that the current sixth best player on the planet must “trying to get the titles that may come, knowing that his career, whatever he does, has been a great career” .
“Now he has to make that last effort to continue, as he has for a long time” finished the uncle who is considered one of the best tennis players of all time.
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