'Felix Auger-Aliassime will be among world's greatest players,' said Toni Nadal

The 20-year-old Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime will work with Rafael Nadal's uncle and a famous coach Toni Nadal, starting from Monte Carlo.

Felix cracked the top-20 as one of the youngest players in the past 15 years, scoring some notable victories and reaching Masters 1000 semi-final. Under Toni, Felix will try to improve his game and chase the first ATP crown after losing the previous seven finals he has entered! Praising the youngster, Toni said that Felix should become one of the world's best players in the years to come.

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"I already had a chat with Felix quite a while ago, and he left a good impression on me. Also, through my nephew, everyone has always had nice things to say about him. When the idea of working together came to me, I told him to come to the Academy in ten days so that we could get to know each other and to see whether what I had to say to him would be of use. I'm still the director of the Rafa Nadal Academy by Movistar, and of course, I've worked with my nephew - I'm his uncle, and I hadn't considered being with another player.

Knowing that I have the chance as director of the Academy to work with a player with huge potential is a challenge to me, and, in particular, it gives me satisfaction. It's a challenge for everyone. I wouldn't be able to work with someone who wasn't respectful, who had no values, because I've been lucky enough to work for my entire life with a boy who has always been respectful and has earned himself a good name. I aspire to that. I was delighted the moment they put the idea to me. Let's not beat about the bush; this is a kid who theoretically should be among the best in the world in years to come.

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It's always nice to work with someone like that. When I saw him play for the first time, we said to Rafael, 'this kid will be very good.' And I think that he should aspire to that. He left me with a feeling that he was a great player. I saw him in a Challenger event against Jaume Munar, a player from our Academy, and I thought, 'What a player!' He was 16, but you could already see that he would be one of the best in the world.

Now he has to work to confirm it and become that. At the moment, we are in an era of tennis with some outstanding players. Felix will have to compete in the coming years with players like Daniil Medvedev, Alexander Zverev, Dominic Thiem, Stefanos Tsitsipas and other players coming through, like Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz. The competition will be tough, but I believe he'll be there," Toni Nadal said.

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