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- Nadal: “I’m figuring out what I want to be when I grow up” — as.com
… I don’t think it was excellence. I’ve always tried to give my best version. Now I’m learning what I can, trying to understand what I like more and what I like less in this new stage. I’m fortunate that I can dedicate more time to what I enjoy. I’m in a phase of discovering what I’d like to be “when I grow up.” The world of academies appeals to me, that’s why I spend time on it. Education too, at the Academy and at the university, UAX. Tourism as well, yes. I come from Mallorca, so it interests me. I try to learn, to be around people who help me evolve. And then there are other things I keep doing that sometimes I enjoy more and sometimes less. Little by little, the path will take shape.
… I don’t have any expectations. It’s something everyone does, better or worse. I suppose I’ll be a normal father: not very bad, not very good. I’ve always liked children a lot and I’ve had a good connection with them. With my youngest, who is just over three months old, the connection is still limited. With the three-year-old, I have a great time. I try to educate him with the values I believe are right. I hope to be one of those parents who can see when their children do things well or badly, and detect things coherently, without thinking they do everything right just because they’re yours.
- “Someone who can push them”: what Nadal says Alcaraz and Sinner need — claytennis.com
“From the outside, you think: ‘even if they (Alcaraz and Sinner) play badly, they’re still going to win.’ That shows how good they are, but also that maybe we’re missing a sharper Zverev, or a more consistent Medvedev — they’ve both been especially inconsistent this year. That would add more incentive,” he added.
Any other candidates?
Nadal was asked about Joao Fonseca, and the Spaniard preferred to temper expectations about the Brazilian’s future: “We’ll see what happens. He’s very young, he’s just arrived, and he’s not in a position yet to be part of those comparisons. We’ll have to see how he evolves.”
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