Toni Nadal was Rafael Nadal’s coach for a long time, and the collaboration was fruitful. In a recent interview, the technician gave an interesting explanation why his nephew, the former ATP leader, did not expel him.

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Toni Nadal: “I was the cheapest on the circuit and it’s hard to kick someone out of the family”

At the age of 62, Tony spoke about his collaboration with his nephew Rafa, which lasted from Rafa’s childhood until 2017.

“I was very lucky to be able to coach such a good player like Rafa. When you coach someone like him, it’s very easy to be considered a good coach.

I once told my son, who is also a tennis player, not to tell anyone that I am a good coach.

I’ve been with Rafa Price for 30 years because I was the cheapest trainer on the circuit and because it’s very difficult to fire a family member.” Tony Nadalquotes welovetennis.fr, about the fruitful cooperation with Rafa.

With Uncle Tony at his house, Rafael Nadal won the Australian Open, Roland Garros (ten times), Wimbledon (twice) and the US Open (three times). He also won the Masters (ATP 1000) 30 times.

Together with Rafa, Toni Nadal had a winning percentage of 83.75%.

Starting in 2021, Toni Nadal has been training Felix Auger-Aliassime (although without noticeable results, at least not yet).

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