Rafael Nadal is known all over the world for playing with his left handed with the likes of Rod Laver, John McEnroe and Jimmy Connors also among them.

Uncle Toni Nadal though busted a myth that he made him play tennis left-handed and that he played with both until he was 10 and that it is 'astonishing' to him.

"It is a legend that persists. (It) would be nice if I had so much foresight! In truth, Rafael Nadal played forehand and backhand (with two hands) until he was about 10 years old.

When we started playing the forehand one-handed, he did so with the left. And that's how it turned out. It is still astonishing, because otherwise he is an outspoken right-hander" - Uncle Toni said.

He also spoke of some funny incidents from Rafael Nadal's childhood: "Yes, that was funny. I told him that I had won the Tour de France six times on a motorcycle!

When we watched recordings of football matches, I pretended to be live and predicted what was going on. Or I told him I was invisible. I had previously told everyone to pretend I wasn't there.

He believed for a long time that I was a phenomenon. Another wonderful episode (laughs). We went to a tournament where older boys played. So I told him I would let it rain if he was badly losing. And in fact it started to rain during his game.

But he later assured me that he had everything under control and that I could stop the rain now," he concluded.

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