![]() ![]() His reason for this? When throwing a racket you show disrespect, both to the sport and to the people who cannot afford a racket. Uncle Toni stated that if young Rafa ever threw a racket or got angry on court he would end the collaboration immediately. ![]() Toni Nadal decided to coach the younger Nadal, but only under his terms. He had this commitment that even older people than him did not have.Īs Toni recalls, “Always, he had this discipline.” He noticed how Rafa, or Rafael as Toni always calls him, would never get bored of hitting the ball. Toni was the manager at the Manacor Tennis Club at the time when he gave his nephew a racket to try his hand in tennis. In fact, Uncle Toni studied history at a university level. However, he would not dedicate his full time on sport, because he also had other interests, like gardening, history and philosophy. In ping-pong he managed to become the Balearic Islands champion, while he was also in the Spanish top 30 in tennis. In his younger years Toni Nadal would play ping-pong and tennis. ![]()
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