After two unforgettable years, 2015 and 2016, undoubtedly the worst of Rafa Nadal’s career, Carlos Moyá joined on 17 December. to the team of Toni Nadal and Francis Roig as a member of last year Tennis coach staff. Although his entry was without undue noise, everything as time has shown that the arrival of the number one champion in 1999 and the Roland Garros champion in 1998 was made with the aim of preparing a replacement for Toni Nadal. The balance couldn’t be more positive. Five and a half years after Nadal’s entry, he has eight Grand Slam titles: five Roland Garrostwo US Opens and one Australian.
moyaHe is ten years older than Nadal, He provided the tranquility and complicity he lacked with his uncle. Y another player seen on the field, more aggressive, improved almost all of his strokes, especially the service and backhand cross court. His more aggressiveness translates into a more effective volley to try to cut the numbers. As the three-time Paris winner and Swedish Eurosport commentator Mats Wilander said, “Nadal is now a better player than he was ten years ago.”
Moya’s arrival comes after two of the most uneven years in the Manacor tennis player’s career. It was the first time he was left without raising any Grand Slam titles. The balance of wonders in 2015 was fourth in Australia, and in his first loss to Djokovic in Paris, Roland Garros was in the sixteenth round at the US Open and the second round at Wimbledon. After losing to Jamaican Dustin Brown, Toni Nadal was honest: “Today is worrying. You have to decide to make some changes in the game and get the joy back in your tennis.” With the winners of three minor tournaments—Buenos Aires, Stuttgart and Hamburg—2016 was no better. A year marked by the injury to his right ankle that forced him to retire before playing the third round of Roland Garros.
Australia’s elimination against Fernando Verdasco in the first round was an indication of what he expected. Withdraws from Wimbledon and reaches last 16 at US Open, Montecarlo and Godó as the only trophies. Again, Toni Nadal talks about the possibility of something moving: “If a change has to be made, it has to be made. I understand what the implications are in the world of sport.”
Two months after Moyá joined, the tennis player’s uncle announced on an Italian website that 2017 would be his last year with his niece. “Every year I make fewer decisions, we’re going to get to the point where I don’t decide anything anymore.”
The results in Moya’s first year with the team are astonishing: Finalist in Australia losing to Federer in five sets, Champion at Roland Garros and US OpenIn addition to Montecarlo, Godó and Beijing. The best Nadal was back. He repeated his title in Paris the following year and reached the semi-finals at Wimbledon and the US Open, and also lifted the trophy at Monte Carlo, Godó, Madrid and Beijing. The most competitive Nadal was back. And he would confirm that in 2019 by repeating his title at Roland Garros and adding his fourth US Open with a final in Australia and a semifinal at Wimbledon. He finished the year as number one. After beating Roland Garros in 2020 in the pandemic, he was idle for the third time in his career in 2021 in an injury-filled year. However, Nadal resurfaced in 2022 at the hands of his coach and friend Carlos Moyá.
After two unforgettable years, 2015 and 2016, undoubtedly the worst of Rafa Nadal’s career, Carlos Moyá joined on 17 December. to the team of Toni Nadal and Francis Roig as a member of last year Tennis coach staff. Although his entry was without undue noise, everything as time has shown that the arrival of the number one champion in 1999 and the Roland Garros champion in 1998 was made with the aim of preparing a replacement for Toni Nadal. The balance couldn’t be more positive. Five and a half years after Nadal’s entry, he has eight Grand Slam titles: five Roland Garrostwo US Opens and one Australian.
moyaHe is ten years older than Nadal, He provided the tranquility and complicity he lacked with his uncle. Y another player seen on the field, more aggressive, improved almost all of his strokes, especially the service and backhand cross court. His more aggressiveness translates into a more effective volley to try to cut the numbers. As the three-time Paris winner and Swedish Eurosport commentator Mats Wilander said, “Nadal is now a better player than he was ten years ago.”
Moya’s arrival comes after two of the most uneven years in the Manacor tennis player’s career. It was the first time he was left without raising any Grand Slam titles. The balance of wonders in 2015 was fourth in Australia, and in his first loss to Djokovic in Paris, Roland Garros was in the sixteenth round at the US Open and the second round at Wimbledon. After losing to Jamaican Dustin Brown, Toni Nadal was honest: “Today is worrying. You have to decide to make some changes to the game and regain the joy in your tennis.” With the winners of three minor tournaments—Buenos Aires, Stuttgart and Hamburg—2016 was no better. A year marked by the injury to his right ankle that forced him to retire before playing the third round of Roland Garros.
Australia’s elimination against Fernando Verdasco in the first round was an indication of what he expected. Withdraws from Wimbledon and reaches last 16 at US Open, Montecarlo and Godó as the only trophies. Again, Toni Nadal talks about the possibility of something moving: “If a change has to be made, it has to be made. I understand what the implications are in the world of sport.”
Two months after Moyá joined, the tennis player’s uncle announced on an Italian website that 2017 would be his last year with his niece. “Every year I make fewer decisions, we’re going to get to the point where I don’t decide anything anymore.”
The results in Moya’s first year with the team are astonishing: Finalist in Australia losing to Federer in five sets, Champion at Roland Garros and US OpenIn addition to Montecarlo, Godó and Beijing. The best Nadal was back. He repeated his title in Paris the following year and reached the semi-finals at Wimbledon and the US Open, and also lifted the trophy at Monte Carlo, Godó, Madrid and Beijing. The most competitive Nadal was back. And he would confirm that in 2019 by repeating his title at Roland Garros and adding his fourth US Open with a final in Australia and a semifinal at Wimbledon. He finished the year as number one. After beating Roland Garros in 2020 in the pandemic, he was idle for the third time in his career in 2021 in an injury-filled year. However, Nadal resurfaced in 2022 at the hands of his coach and friend Carlos Moyá.