Roland Garros junior doubles champion, Russian Yaroslav Demin, who is in his second season at the academy Rafael Nadal spoke of joint training with the Spaniard.
— I changed rackets, and my style of play changed a little. Before that, I was very afraid of playing forehand, I didn’t attack much, but now I have more confidence in forehand than backhand – I always try to hit with the forehand. I have also improved physically: even when I participate in a tournament, I do fitness all the time. The body and arms were inflated – it became more comfortable. So the academy players noticed that my [удар] I have improved a lot on the right side – I hit the ball hard.
Even in training with Rafa, Tony Nadal says my forehand is stronger than his nephew’s. It is true that more balls arrived on the field. I still play pretty regularly. With Rafa, for example, there is always a fight in tie-breaks or in certain individual draws. About thirty keystrokes? Not yet. He constantly chases me from one corner to the other. When we play together, we show very good tennis.
Now he smiles, but on the pitch he is still focused. He runs after balls really well, hits even harder – even I was blown away. Now he is in good shape, but Rafa has always been involved in fitness, he worked a lot on the field, so his body is pumped up and athletic,” Demin told Championship.
Nadal is 37 years old, the Spaniard is a 22-time Grand Slam singles champion.
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Source : MatchTV
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