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<\/a>tennis express pro player gear<\/p>\n\u201cOf course it has surprised me, even more so after such a good season,\u201d Toni Nadal told Radioestadio Noche. \u201cThe logical thing was to continue, I\u2019m surprised because Alcaraz finishes as No. 1 in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n
During his seven-year partnership with former world No. 1 Ferrero, Alcaraz won 24 titles, including 6 Grand Slam championships, rose to world No. 1 and earned more than $57 Million in prize money.<\/p>\n
Pointing to the fact Ferrero, who earned ATP Coach of the Year honors for the second time in the past four years, publicly stated he wanted to continue as coach, Toni Nadal speculates Alcaraz may have wanted to hear a new voice or wanted to tune out some of Ferrero\u2019s criticism, including the fact he did not seem to support the reigning Roland Garros champion\u2019s penchant for playing lucrative exhibitions at the end of recent seasons.<\/p>\n
\u201cI understand that the decision is Carlos\u2019s because Ferrero has stated that he wants to continue, so I imagine that the decision is not tennis,\u201d Toni Nadal said. \u201cRelationships in the tennis world are difficult because the one who pays, which is the player, usually pays to hear what he wants to hear.\u201d<\/p>\n
Uncle Toni said one reason why his own coaching relationship with Rafa Nadal lasted so long was because of the blood bond they shared as uncle and nephew suggesting the King of Clay not only respected his uncle\u2019s advice but knew it came from the heart. In a past interview with Tennis Now, Toni Nadal said part of his job was \u201cto tell the truth\u201d to Rafa Nadal, acknowledging some players grow weary of a coach\u2019s candid criticism.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor me it was easy to tell my player [Rafa Nadal] things that he didn\u2019t like to hear because he was different, he was my nephew, it was another relationship,\u201d Toni Nadal said.<\/p>\n
Despite questioning Alcaraz\u2019s decision to split from Ferrero, Toni Nadal said the six-time Grand Slam champion is so talented he believes splitting with Ferrero ultimately won\u2019t have a major impact on Alcaraz\u2019s future.<\/p>\n
In short, Uncle Toni believes Alcaraz is simply too good to fail.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t think Alcaraz will be affected by this because he is a very good tennis player,\u201d Toni Nadal concluded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Richard Pagliaro | Thursday, December 18, 2025Photo credit: Rafa Nadal Academy Toni Nadal is surprised Carlos Alcaraz…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":277374,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[565],"tags":[64,63,85,747],"class_list":["post-359249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359249","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=359249"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359249\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/277374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=359249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=359249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=359249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}