‘Toni Has Been With Us for a Year’- Felix Auger-Aliassime’s Coach Details How Rafael Nadal’s Uncle Toni Nadal Has Been Helping Them

Felix Auger-Aliassime has looked in great touch in the past few months, especially considering his age and experience in the major tournaments. With a nearly 60% win rate in the ATP circuit, Felix climbed up to his career-best 9th rank earlier this year.

At the inaugural Gram Slam of the season, he bettered his previous attempts and managed to reach the quarterfinals. In the quarters, he showed his competitive nature and grit against World No. 2 Daniil Medvedev.

He lost a hard-fought match in 5 sets, 7-6, 6-3, 6-7, 5-7, 4-6, but received many praises for his performance.

Toni Nadal in the Felix Auger-Aliassime team

The young Canadian has found a perfect guide for his French Open preparations. Toni Nadal, who is Rafael Nadal’s uncle and former coach, will join Felix from April to prepare for the clay court major. Felix’s coach, Frederic Fontang, referred to Toni as a “Performance Consultant” and said that they have been working together for about a year now.

The coach said, “Toni has been with us for a year as a performance consultant, the term we use. It’s important to us. He brings us this extra confidence and will surely join us for Monte-Carlo. It’s a surface where he has experienced great things with Rafa so it’s very positive for us.”

(Quotes have been translated using Google Translate)

Toni worked with Nadal from the beginning of his career till 2017 and together, they won numerous accolades on clay. Tony’s guidance would be a huge boost for young blooming Felix, as he is still searching for his 1st career title.

Frederic Fontang praises the Canadian

Despite his loss to Daniil Medvedev in the Australian Open, coach Fontang praised his protégé for his performance. Though Felix lost the Australian Open quarterfinals after having a match point, the coach said it was a good match and they drew many positives from it.

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Winning their 1st title together and breaking into the top 8 would be the target for 21-year-old, as per his coach. Do you think Felix will be able to manage that this season?