Uncle Tony with an emotional address to Rafa Nadal
20.11.2017
The uncle and long-time coach of the 16th Grand Slam champion Rafael Nadal - Tony, gave an emotional message to his nephew. Tony Nadal will no longer be the mentor of world number one. 56-year-old Tony Nadal announced earlier this year that after the end of the season he would withdraw as a leftist coach from Manacor for wanting to concentrate entirely on his work at the Rafah tennis academy in Majorca, which was opened in October 2016-a. Tony leaves Rafael in the hands of former world 1 Carlos Moja, who was accompanying the tournament superstar this year. The ATP final tournament last week was the last chord of my career as coach of my nephew Rafa, turning from the pages of the Spanish edition El Pais Nadal to the great champion. I put an end to a happy 27-year period that started on the day when my brother Sebastian`s son stepped on my court when he was just 3 years old. Today I come out of your way, but my end does not end here. My relationship with tennis will continue, because my love and passion for this sport for happiness remains intact, continued Uncle Tony.
Huge thanks to the person who most contributed to my luck, my nephew Raphael. My relationship with him has always been amazingly easy in the world we live in. Thanks to him I had experiences that surpassed all my dreams as a coach. I have traveled with him to amazing places and have met with interesting people from different spheres of life. `Today I feel highly appreciated and loved because his personality magnifies my lot more than I deserve, ends the confusionTony Nadal to Rafa.
Under his uncle`s lead, the 31-year-old leftist has earned 75 single titles in his career, and as has already been said, 16 of them are from the Grand Slam. The big helmet of him is only 36-year-old Swiss Roger Federer (19). o State Olympic champion in singles and doubles and four-time champion Spain in the unofficial World Championship in men`s tennis Davis Cup.
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