Toni Nadaluncle and former coach of the tennis player Rafael Nadalstated this Wednesday that his nephew will be “ready to start a different life” when he retires, although he hopes that it will “lengthen the time” of his farewell to the slopes a little more.
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“When the time comes to retire, I hope my nephew extends it a little longer, because I like to see him play, so accept it and have the peace of mind of knowing that, at all times, he did everything humanly possible to win,” he said. , to questions from journalists, the player coach and director of the Rafa Nadal Academy, too.
Toni Nadal, who has come to Santander to share a day with young people, as part of the Talent Tour, has assured that he will face Nadal’s retirement, when it arrives, with “normality”, the same as he does with victories and defeats.
Some time ago, as he said, he spoke with the Balearic tennis player, who was going through sporting problems, and told him: “Life has gone much better for us than we expected, if they had told us we would get this far, we would have signed.”
“The moment comes to everyone. It reached McEnroe, Borg, Federer, Maradona, it will reach Messi… I think my nephew will be ready to start a different life, not far from sport, for a reason he created a tennis academy, because he wanted continue to be involved in the world of sport,” he stressed.
Toni Nadal believes that his nephew “he will handle it normally.” “Evidently, stopping your activity after 22 years emotionally feels bad to you, but you have to accept life, we are not going to tear our clothes or make a drama,” he said.
Furthermore, he assessed that Nadal leaves “a good image.” “I think it will have helped to leave a good image of the sport and I think that, something that you see, I never intended, is that it would be an example for society, but that it would not be a bad example. At least I don’t think it has. been and I think this is what is remarkable. And he will leave happy with what was done,” he stressed.
One day before Nadal makes his debut at the 1,000th Masters in Madrid, his uncle has highlighted the “great confidence” he has “always” had in the tennis player.
“And I want to continue having it, knowing that Obviously it is very difficult to beat Alcaraz, Sinner, Djokovic and all these people, but I have seen very difficult things from Rafael and I hope that, for the last time, he will do it again,” he added.
He recalled another experience, from two years ago, when he had a video call with the Manacor player, who was having a bad time playing in Australia. “When I finished (speaking) I told my children that it was impossible for me to beat any good one. Ten days later I lifted the title, then I want to keep thinking that he can do the same this year“, he added.
2024-04-24 12:46:00
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