The Tennis Letter offers us a concrete anecdote disclosed by former American player Jill Craybas during the ATP Tennis Radio recording.
It is linked to the rapid learning carried out by Rafael Nadal when he wanted to become a real grass player.
It also perfectly sums up the start of the Spanish star’s career. At the time, Rafa only thought about progressing and becoming a player capable of winning on any surface.
Jill Craybas remembers seeing Rafa Nadal pull up a chair to watch Roger Federer play on grass so he could improve :
« A story that impressed me about Nadal is, you know, he understood that he was the best on the clay. And he understood he had to make some adjustments to the other… pic.twitter.com/cveIU7uhS1
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« I just remember being at the Aorangi training grounds and I was still playing then. And Nadal just took a chair, sat right in front of the practice court watching Federer. And he was just sitting there watching Federer practice, trying to learn how to play on grass to get better. And, you know, just having that, I mean, obviously he has that awareness and understanding, but I just wanted to learn from the best.”
Published on Wednesday December 27, 2023 at 08:50
2023-12-28 01:58:55
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