{"id":7638,"date":"2024-12-05T02:40:14","date_gmt":"2024-12-05T02:40:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=7638"},"modified":"2024-12-05T02:40:14","modified_gmt":"2024-12-05T02:40:14","slug":"rafael-nadal-to-follow-andy-murrays-footsteps-and-take-up-coaching-former-player-makes-huge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=7638","title":{"rendered":"Rafael Nadal to follow Andy Murray\u2019s footsteps and take up coaching? 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With Nadal also retiring, many fans have predicted a future coaching role for the Spaniard.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-1\"><\/div>\n<p>Speaking to Eurosport, former player Alex Corretja feels that it is \u2018impossible\u2019 to see Nadal as a coach in the future. \u201cIn my opinion, I see it as impossible. 99.99% impossible. Because in this life you can\u2019t say impossible. But I would be very, very surprised. I think he\u2019s going to need time to realize what he really wants to do. It\u2019s a bit different than Andy. I feel like Andy, even if he\u2019s got four kids and he\u2019s busy at home, maybe he\u2019s got less things to do on a daily basis,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-3\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cBut Rafa, he is living on his, you know, in Manacor, and he\u2019s got his academy. I don\u2019t really see him moving so much from there. I felt like Andy wanted to maybe feel the experience of still traveling, you know. Rafa, I don\u2019t really see him as a coach or as a consultant for anyone. I might see him more like a consultant for, let\u2019s say, Real Madrid. Something big, something that he could add to the team from time to time, can give them some speeches. I would see it for a short period of time. Three months or six months. But on a daily basis, I don\u2019t really see it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-4\"><\/div>\n<p>Even in 2023, Nadal was asked if he would take up coaching after his retirement. Speaking to Diario AS, he said, \u201cThey ask me things about the future that I cannot answer, nor say one thing or another. Because the future is often uncertain and I also don\u2019t lose sight of the fact that I have an academy where players come and I like sports in general. I like tennis, so I can\u2019t say that I\u2019m not going to drink that water, that I\u2019m not going to be a coach. I don\u2019t see myself doing a complete calendar on the Tour, it\u2019s practically impossible. Now, in a few weeks, being able to help someone or being able to spend some time with a player, well, why not tomorrow. Not today, but tomorrow who knows.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rafael Nadal recently announced his retirement, and Andy Murray was named as Novak Djokovic&#8217;s new coach. 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