Felix Auger-Aliassime is no longer working with Toni Nadal, and he explained why they stopped working together.
The young Canadian and the experienced Spanish coach started working together a few years ago with the hope of improving Auger-Aliassime’s tennis, especially on clay. Their collaboration looked promising at times, as the Canadian made it to the Top 10 while also playing at the ATP Finals.
He played amazing tennis for a while, but things went south after that one amazing year. Last year wasn’t very good, and this year hasn’t been that good either. Their split came short after, and many wondered what happened.
Auger-Aliassime spoke recently about it, admitting that it wasn’t anything against Toni personally, but his own preference for a smaller team of people. With the split, Auger-Aliassime remained with his lifelong coach, Frédéric Fontang, physical trainer, and dad, who are part of his small team.
“I have a lot of respect for Toni and we maintain a good relationship. Some time ago, I decided that I wanted to have a smaller team, with my lifelong coach, my physical trainer and my father.”