Toni Nadal, uncle and historic coach of “Rafa”, made astonishing revelations about the Spaniard’s difficulties throughout his career.
Since the announcement of the retirement of Rafael Nadal, who will put away his rackets at the end of the final phase of the Davis Cup in Malaga (November 19-24), his uncle Toni has been making the rounds in the media to return in detail to the rich career of his protégé. And the historic coach of “Rafa” does not fail to deliver some anecdotes about the Spaniard’s achievements.
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Questioned by the Spanish media Mark this Sunday, Toni Nadal even made an astonishing revelation concerning the repeated injuries of the “Bull of Manacor”. “Rafa got used to playing despite the pain. Since 2005, I would say Rafa hasn’t been able to complete 90% of his training sessions due to injuries, revealed the coach. He took painkillers at every Grand Slam. The problem is that he really got used to overcoming the pain, playing with it, and he saw that he came out stronger. He thought it would be the same this year, but it wasn’t.”
Suffering from Müller-Weiss syndrome for almost twenty years, a rare pathology which affects a bone on the back of the foot, Rafael Nadal has always overcome his physical problems. To achieve the successful career that we know, until this fall of 2024.
