Rafael Nadal surprised many by announcing on Twitter that he has parted ways with longtime coach Francisco Roig after working with him since childhood.
Roig has been with Nadal for the entirety of his career being his first coach alongside Uncle Toni. Nadal did not reveal whether anybody would replace Roig as his coaching staff now consists of Carlos Moya who has been with him since 2016 and Marc Lopez who joined in 2021. Nadal wrote on Twitter:
“I wanted to inform you that Francis Roig is leaving the team. Francis has been an important person in my career and I am very grateful to him for all these years of work and friendship. When we started working together I was a child and together with my uncle Toni, we started on the circuit.
He added:
“Francis is a great coach who knows tennis very well and has helped me a lot to get better and better. I only have words of gratitude and I wish him all the luck in the world in his new project.”
