Legs May Change, Spirit Endures: Toni Nadal’s Take on Rafa’s Anticipated Comeback
During an interview on RMC radio’s Bartoli Time program, Toni Nadal, the uncle and former coach of Rafa, discussed his nephew’s comeback to competitive tennis. The primary focus highlighted in the interview was the French Open, a tournament where Rafa has achieved a remarkable record of 14 victories.
“Rafael is doing well. He’s back in training with good intensity, with the most important thing…
In December 2005, Rafa Nadal was dealing with a foot injury that could put an end to his career. Then Uncle Toni puts him in a chair and Rafa starts hitting forehands and backhands from sitting....
it’s not fake! if you search up toni nadal injury djokovic the first article is about it this is the second time he’s made this “joke” 💀💀 so distasteful and disrespectful to rafa too 😭 and they asked novak’s davis cup coach about it 😭
oh my bad, google keeps getting worse. i clicked on the news section and it didn't show me anything, but a general search worked.
This is the quote:
During a conversation with the Majorca Daily Bulletin he said: “Now, what we need is, we need an injury of Carlos Alcaraz, Novak Djokovic and maybe Daniil Medvedev. We need that many... a lot of problems and then Rafa can play really good.” (source)
He's a vile man, his reported training methods are awful and i feel sorry for Rafa that someone like that is such an important part of his career and family. Let's not make this about Novak specifically though, because he just wished injury on several people. But 💀
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From this Thursday, tennis fans can buy Sebastian Fest’s book, “Gracias, Rafael Nadal’s Legacy.”
THE MAN BEHIND THE LEGEND: THE FASCINATING STORY OF THE GREATEST SPANISH ATHLETE OF ALL TIME.Journalist Sebastián Fest has spent nearly thirty years writing about the world’s most elegant sport. In this book, he recalls dozens of conversations with Rafael Nadal about tennis and life on and off the…