Tennis: Nico Almagro begins his career as a coach for young talents

Nico Almagro (Murcia, 37 years old) starts again. He retired in April 2019, having won 13 ATP titles and reached number 9 in the world rankings, in May 2011, as the best position. Since then, little has been heard of him, beyond some tweet controversy or his approaches to the PP to carry out some task related to regional sports that came to nothing. The fact is that he has been training 16-year-old Murcian tennis player Pablo Martínez Gómez for a few months and has already won several ITF junior circuit tournaments.

And last Thursday, at the Odiseo leisure center, it presented its new corporate image and its new projects, including work with young talents. He already advises several American players. He goes hand in hand with the Murcian agency Identity Sports and is also making his first steps as a tennis commentator in some media.

Supported by Fernando López Miras, President of the Autonomous Community, and Marcos Ortuño, Minister of the Presidency, Tourism, Culture and Sports, as well as the former national soccer coach José Antonio Camacho and the bullfighter Pepín Liria, Almagro presented his new website where he collects all its activities, which range from training young talents to giving clinics in different clubs throughout Spain.

“This is the beginning of a new stage full of projects and illusions”, said Nico Almagro, who highlighted that “when I decided to be able to help young tennis players, I did it mainly to return to tennis what it has given me so much and so much. Now I realize that I enjoy almost as much as I did in his day competing on the tracks. Seeing the circuit from the outside and accompanying the youngsters is a continuous learning for me. I understand how they feel and I know what they may be thinking, “said the former Murcian tennis player.