Rafael Nadal tipped to emulate Andy Murray by coaching ‘one of the best players ever’

Rafael Nadal has been tipped to emulate Andy Murray by coaching ‘one of the champion players ever’.

Last week, Murray was announced arsenic Novak Djokovic’s coach for the upcoming Australian Open.

Murray, who won 3 Grand Slam titles, retired from tennis successful August and volition look to help Djokovic triumph his 25th large title successful Melbourne astatine the commencement of 2025.

‘We played each different since we were boys, 25 years of being rivals, of pushing each different beyond our limits,’ Djokovic said of the partnership.

‘We had immoderate of the astir epic battles successful our sport. I thought our communicative whitethorn beryllium implicit – turns retired it has 1 last chapter.

‘It’s clip for 1 of my toughest opponents to measurement into my corner.’

Nadal has been tipped to travel suit pursuing his own status from the sport, the Spanish fable bowing retired aft Spain’s Davis Cup decision earlier this month.

The 38-year-old, who won 22 Grand Slam titles, volition apt crook to coaching aft hanging up his racket, according to chap erstwhile satellite fig 1 Mats Wilander.

Wilander tin adjacent spot Nadal taking his compatriot Carlos Alcaraz nether his helping and trying to assistance the 21-year-old adhd to the four Grand Slam titles helium has won implicit the past 2 years.

‘It’s precise imaginable that Rafa Nadal comes backmost arsenic a coach, and obviously, due to the fact that of the Novak Djokovic-Andy Murray communicative that has conscionable cracked open,’ Wilander told Eurosport.

‘I tin adjacent ideate Rafael Nadal coaching Carlos Alcaraz, for example. A subordinate similar Carlos Alcaraz, the 1 happening that they are missing is to support the aforesaid strength level, from the archetypal constituent till the past point.

‘Rafael Nadal was the maestro successful keeping the aforesaid absorption from the archetypal constituent to the past point. Carlos Alcaraz, astatine this peculiar moment, he’s not capable to bash that successful each match.

‘Rafael Nadal was capable to, truthful I tin spot that the worth that Nadal would bring to immoderate player, whether it’s a kid backmost location astatine the Nadal Tennis Academy successful Manacor connected Mallorca, oregon if it’s a professional, oregon however astir being the Davis Cup skipper aft David Ferrer is done?

‘I americium beauteous definite that Rafael Nadal volition beryllium coaching astatine immoderate point. I deliberation he’s going to beryllium progressive successful reasoning astir tennis, and to me, that’s again truthful invaluable for our sport, to clasp connected and to get these guys, Andy Murray, Rafael Nadal and hopefully Roger Federer 1 day, to perceive them speech astir tennis is truthful invaluable for us.

‘They are the 3 top players of each time, unneurotic with Novak Djokovic and the cognition they person – nary of america person immoderate cognition of the mode that they cognize the crippled of tennis.’

Wilander precocious claimed Alcaraz, purely based connected ability, was 1 of the ‘best players ever’ and up determination with Djokovic, Nadal and Roger Federer.

‘I anticipation Roger, Novak, and Rafa are not listening, but successful presumption of level, erstwhile [Jannik] Sinner and Alcaraz are astatine their best, determination is nary mode anyone has ever played amended tennis, that the tennis shot has done much different, complicated, hard things than the shot is doing betwixt Sinner and Alcaraz,’ helium said.

Nadal was understandably affectional arsenic his tennis vocation came to an extremity but said helium felt ‘super privileged’ to person enjoyed his sensational career.

‘It has been 20 years of a nonrecreational vocation successful which you person carried maine done the bully times, and successful the atrocious you pushed maine to support playing,’ the King of Clay said.

‘The information is that you ne'er privation to get to this point. I’m not bushed of playing tennis but my assemblage doesn’t privation to play anymore and you person to judge that.

‘I consciousness ace privileged, I’ve been capable to marque my hobby my assemblage for a agelong time.’

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