Carlos Moya Amazed With Rafael Nadal’s Underdog Characteristic

World No.2 Rafael Nadal is widely known for his elite mentality which saw him become one of the greatest players ever to play the game. Despite competing on the professional tour for more than a decade and a half, Nadal is still open to evolving as a player.

Nadal’s coach Carlos Moya revealed that the Spaniard is a good listener. Moya was impressed by seeing how Nadal is always open to advise and suggestions from his coaching team. The former opined that Rafa has huge respect for his team unlike many other players today.

“Rafael Nadal picks things from one or from another” – Carlos Moya

The former professional player further explained that the 19-time Grand Slam champion is always willing to change his game in order to remain competitive and continue improving his game to win more matches.

“I have to talk about myself because I joined the team three years ago, he already won 14 Grand Slams before that. So it’s amazing how someone still is listening when he has won so much in the past. That’s something that you barely see these days,” said Moya on Tennis Legends at Eurosport.

He further explicated that there are guys that didn’t win any tournament not having this amount of respect that Nadal has for the rest of the team and to be open to keep improving, to keep evolving.

“It is very clear in his mind that he knows he has to be more aggressive and he listens to us. And he picks things from one or from another. Then he tries to apply for himself, “ he added.

“Some things work, somethings I said is not working, something Francis (Roig) said is not working but he tries that. Then it’s about failure. If he fails, then he sees that maybe it’s not working for him. But it’s amazing how he listens, how he wants to improve,” Moya concluded.

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