Toni Nadal 'critical' of Next Gen tennis players: 'Many of them are already 23 years old and have practically achieved nothing'

Saturday, 14 September 2019 at 18:09

Toni Nadal has hit out at the players who are considered as Next Gen and said that for a lot of them, they are of a certain age and have not achieved anything.

Nadal, the uncle of Rafa, said that from his perspective the main three (Nadal, Federer and Djokovic) had all achieved greatness at this point.

“I am critical of the players considered Next Gen. We talk many times that they are young and have to wait a little longer, but many of them are already 23 years old and have practically achieved nothing,” said Nadal.

“Rafael at 19 was already at the top, Djokovic at 21 won the Australian Open and we can also talk about Sampras or Federer.”

Praise for Medvedev

Toni did offer praise though for Daniil Medvedev with Nadal calling him a complete tennis player and that he seems to be replacing the likes of Zverev in terms of being in the conversation for Grand Slam wins.

“Daniil is a very serious boy with a great tennis level. He has been the best of the Next Gen in this year’s US Open and throughout the summer, getting to face the best players in the circuit.” He added.

“I consider him a very complete tennis player, with a lot of control in the game and able to beat any tennis player. In recent years, it has been said that Zverev will be the tennis player destined to win Grand Slams in the future, but it seems that everything has changed with the arrival of this type of tennis player. “

“I consider Medvedev as the tennis player that seems to be willing to do anything to get to the top.” Toni later added.

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