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Toni Nadal, l'oncle, l'exigeant, le visionnaire
La première fois que je l'ai vu, j'avais 12 ans et Toni accompagnait son neveu, qui était déjà un joueur à part. Rafael remportait alors le tournoi d'Are, avant tout le reste. Et quel...
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He doesn't like the serve, and says that it is part of the reason why he didn't work on it enough with Rafa but he has regrets about this.
His proposition to reduce the speed of the game and especially the serve is to reduce the size of the rackets, who according to him make the game too easy for professionals. And he adds that it would in the same time benefit amateur players because smaller rackets would make the game easier.
This was not a very interesting interview, he mostly talks about stuff that are already well known, and he is very talkative but he explains simple points with a lot of words. Also obviously he is making the effort to speak in French so it makes it worse, so the 42 minutes actually don't make for a consistent interview.
But this part was hilarious. I think I'm gonna trust his honesty more in the future.