Veteran Spanish coach Francis Roig, who has been a part of Rafael Nadal’s staff for the final 18 years, stated on Friday he’ll go away his position to start out a brand new mission with multiple participant.
Roig labored alongside the world quantity two’s uncle and ex-coach Toni and extra not too long ago with Carlos Moya and Marc Lopez.
“It’s been a pleasure and honour to work with Rafa and the rest of the team,” Roig stated in a press release. “We never thought we could get so many results and have such a long career with him but Rafa’s a phenomenon and makes everything look easy.”
Nadal, who has received 22 Grand Slam titles, described Roig as an necessary particular person in his profession and thanked him for years of exhausting work and friendship.
“Francis is a great coach who knows tennis well and has helped me a lot to get better and better,” Nadal stated.
“I only have words of gratitude and I wish him all the luck in the world in his new project.”
Nadal captured the Australian Open and French Open titles in an injury-plagued 2022 to prime the record of males’s Grand Slam title winners.