“Toni Nadal can help me reach my goals, my potential,” Felix Auger Aliassime lists out his goals for the near future


“Toni Nadal can help me reach my goals, my potential,” Felix Auger Aliassime lists out his goals for the near future

Felix Auger Aliassime

Felix Auger Aliassime received a gift from heaven as Toni Nadal joined his coaching camp at the start of the clay court season. Toni Nadal, uncle and former coach of Rafael Nadal is undoubtedly one of the greatest coaches to ever work with. He saw the spark in his nephew, Rafael Nadal at an early age, and the duo created the most successful partnership of all time, winning 16 Grandslam titles.

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Felix Auger Aliassime has not had the best clay court season so far, as he managed to win just four of his nine matches. His best performance came at Barcelona Open 2021, where he reached the quarterfinals, before losing to Stefanos Tsitsipas. The young Canadian believes that despite working with Toni Nadal, expectations are not high, and listed out his goals for the near future.

I don’t think the expectations are higher since I’ve been working with him… All my life I’ve had very high expectations for myself. I don’t think Toni adds more to that,” Auger-Aliassime told rolandgarros.com.

What I’m trying to do, which is be top 10 and eventually win Grand Slams, there’s nothing higher than that. Adding somebody who has done it before just brings I think more calmness and confidence than pressure really,” he added.

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Felix Auger Aliassime remains hopeful of taking his game to the next level

Felix Auger Aliassime revealed that Toni Nadal can help him reach his goals, and further his potential in the near future. He stated that the preparations for the French Open 2021, are the same as his regular schedule for ATP Tourmaments.

I think he can help me reach my goals, my potential. That’s what we’re working on every day,” Auger-Aliassime said of Toni Nadal. The preparation is not that different or far from what I’m used to doing before tournaments or before Grand Slams,” said the Canadian.

Felix also stated that he is working with very high commitment, and believes he will have to put in a lot of hard work to win titles. “Of course we try to work with very high commitment, intensity and focus. That’s what I try to do and then every day try to do a little bit better to feel good when the first day of the tournament comes. But I think we have a lot of good work to do to reach further success,” said Felix.

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