Rafael Nadalwinner of 22 titles of grand slamis known all over the world after being shared with Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic the golden age of tennis when the three formed the famous ‘Big Three’. Rafa Nadal is widely regarded as the greatest Spanish athlete of all time, but the size of his figure is such that he is also in his own right among the greatest athletes in history.
Your uncle Tony He is a key figure in understanding the career and achievements of the Balearic player as he trained Rafa since he was young and the two formed a successful tandem on the ATP circuit for many years.
Rafa won 16 of his 22 Grand Slams and 75 of his 92 ATP titles with his uncle as coach. It was especially emotional 10th Roland Garros2017, the last year that Toni served as Nadal’s coach Carlos Moya and Francis Roig They comforted him on the tour. Nadal won 14 times Paris.
In a discipline that is also behind Rafa’s iron mentality, Tony Nadal He instilled his passion for tennis in his nephew and, with such influences at home, it was surely inevitable that his children would also love the racket from an early age, to the point that Tony and Johnaged 21 and 20, have also taken their first steps at a certain level.
Taking advantage of a ‘wildcard’, Joan broke into the world rankings by picking up her first and, so far, only ATP point in January after defeating the American Andrew Fenty (6-3, 6-1) in ITF on the hard court in Manacorbut his loot stayed there as he lost in the round of 16 against the Ukrainian Georgy Kravchenko (6-1, 6-1).
After that result, Joan Nadal did not make it past the qualifying phase in any of the other seven ITF tournaments in which she participated, three of Antalya (Turkey) and four in Catalonia (Sabadell, Valldoreix, Vic and Mataró). It enjoyed its best ranking in the world on April 1 (1,858th) and this week it occupies number 1,908.
During these years, Joan had the opportunity to train with great tennis players, including her cousin Rafa and the Canadian. Felix Auger-Aliassimewhere his father Toni is included in its technical team.
Then, with the start of the grass tour and thanks to two invitations, Joan Nadal played his first two matches on the ATP circuit this June, in the two previous stages. In Stuttgart lost against the German Rudolf Molleker (196th) by double 6-2 and this Saturday he lost in Mallorca, where his father Toni is the director, against the British Paul Jubb (292nd), winning 6-1 and 6-2 and preventing Joan from testing her strength this Sunday against a top-100 player, the Brazilian Thiago Monteiro (79th).
Monteiro will be the favorite to enter the main draw of Majorca ATPanother one of the contests in preparation for Wimbledonthe third Grand Slam of the season to be played from July 1 to 14.
Ben Shelton (14th), Ugo Humbert (16th), Adrian Mannarino (21st) and Alejandro Tabilo (24th) are the top four seeds in Mallorca and are exempt from the first round. In this tournament fans will have the last chance to watch live on Spain in Dominic Thiemwho announced weeks ago that he will retire at the end of this season.
Majorca ATP
Main draw draw
Main 1st round matches:
Thiem (Aut)-Monfils (Fra/6)
Carreño (ESP)-Carballés (ESP)
Bautista (ESP)-Daniel (Jap)
Martínez (ESP)-Darderi (Ita/5)
Munar (ESP)-Ofner (Aut)
Eubanks (USA/8)-Mensik (Che)
Nardi (Ita)-Hijikata (Aus)
Thompson (Aus/7)-Hanfmann (Ale)
Source: La Verdad
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