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According to Uncle Toni, Rafael Nadal was supposed to be back at practice on either Dec. 4 or 5. Well, better late than never!
Check out our latest photo gallery of Rafael Nadal as he gets ready for the French Open.
Rafael Nadal has announced that fellow Spaniard and former world No. 1 Carlos Moya is joining his coaching team. Moya will become a part of a long-time staff that includes Nadal's uncle, Toni, and Francisco Roig.
Rafael Nadal will make a third consecutive appearance in February's Golden Swing in South America when he takes the court this week at the Rio Open. Nadal enters as the defending champion, having won the inaugural Rio tournament by beating Alexandr Dolgopolov in last year's final.
The very idea of a female Davis Cup coach for tennis power Spain has left Toni Nadal perplexed after the surprise appointment of former minor WTA player Gala Leon to head the male Davis effort for Iberia.
Rafael Nadal's occasional coach believes that even his celebrated client can sometimes be blocked by insecurities, especially when playing away from his beloved clay, Francisco Roig, who substitutes on the road several times a year in order to give Nadal's permanent coach uncle Toni a bit of a rest at home, said the world No. 1 can fall victim to poor form and psychological issues on occasion.
Toni Nadal has launched into another defence of his nephew in an attempt to explain the situation behind Rafael Nadal's back injury situation in his losing Australian Open final to Stanislas Wawrinka.
Rafael Nadal won't need long to heal the back injury which struck during his Australian Open finals loss to Stan Wawrinka, with the Spaniard's coach Toni Nadal telling private radio that the problem is not something serious.
While every day seems to bring a new high profile coach to the upper echelon of the ATP World Tour, Toni Nadal remains a constant. And while his world no.1 nephew Rafael continues to look supreme at the Qatar ExxonMobil Open in Doha, the senior Nadal is in Brisbane...
Rafael Nadal habitually adopts the humble approach when asked what are his aims for the upcoming tennis year; merely stating he will be content with continued fitness and the ability to play top matches.
Stanislas Wawrinka was less than thrilled with Rafael Nadal’s uncle Toni allegedly coaching his nephew during his loss to the Spaniard in the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals.
Toni Nadal, uncle to Rafael who can cement the year ending world no.1 ranking today if he beats Stanislas Wawrinka at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals in London, maintains the success so far of this year in coming back from a seven months absence with knee problems to win ten titles is already his nephew’s most incredible achievement of all.
As Rafael Nadal did the traditional round of New York expected of the US Open champion – clambering the boulders in Central Park for photographers and a succession of daytime chat shows on various television channels – his uncle and coach Toni questioned the ‘ridiculously high’ amount of money not just his nephew but all top line sportsmen are now earning.
As speculation again begins about the state of Rafael Nadal’s troublesome left knee
While Rafael Nadal continued his post-Wimbledon pause, his uncle and coach Toni Nadal has been on the road, giving a coaching talk and clinic at the Stuttgart ATP event last week.
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