Tony Nadaluncle and former coach of a tennis player Rafael Nadalsaid Wednesday that it will be his nephew “Ready to start another life” when he retires, although he hopes it will “extend the time” of his farewell to the slopes.
“When it comes time to retire, I hope my nephew lives a little longer, because I want to see him play, so accept it and have the peace of mind knowing that, all the time, he did everything humanly possible to win. , ” he said. , to the questions of journalists, the player coach and director of the Rafa Nadal Academy, also.
Toni Nadal, who came to Santander to take part in a day with young people, as part of the Talent Tour, made sure that he will face Nadal’s retirement, when it comes, with “normality”, as he does with the victories and defeat
In the past, as he said, he talked to the Balearic tennis player, who was suffering from sports problems, and told him: “Life has been better for us than we expected, if they told us that we will go this far, we would have signed.”
“The moment comes to everyone. Reach McEnroe, Borg, Federer, Maradona, reach Messi… I think my nephew is ready to start another life, not far from sport, for the reason that he created a tennis academy, because he wants to continue involved in the world of sport,” he stressed.
Toni Nadal believes that his nephew “he’ll 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 go our clothes or make a drama,” he said.
Furthermore, he assessed that Nadal leaves “a good image.” “I think it helped to leave a good image of the sport and I think, something you see, I don’t mean it, that it will be an example for society, but it will 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 he did,” he stressed.
A day before Nadal’s 1,000th Masters debut in Madrid, his uncle emphasized the “great confidence” he “always” had in the tennis player.
“And I want to continue having it, I know that Alcaraz, Sinner, Djokovic are obviously very difficult to beat 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 a Manacor player, who was having a bad time playing in Australia. “After I finished (speaking) I told my children that it was impossible for me to beat anything good. After ten days, I lifted the title, then I like to keep thinking that he can do it this year as well“, he added.
Source: La Verdad
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