Alex Corretjaformer professional player and current commentator, offered his point of view about the tribute he received Rafa Nadal in Malaga after Spain’s defeat against the Netherlands and elimination in the Davis Cup quarterfinals. The Catalan assured that “It wasn’t very emotional” and believes that the manacorà can fit in in the future as a good “advisor” to the real Madrid.
“We all felt like it wasn’t an epic moment. There weren’t very emotional feelings. It was difficult because Spain had lost and everything was very cold. Nobody was prepared to make this recognition to Rafa. The images in the videos were great, they did their best and Nadal got quite emotional with everyone, but not so deeply“explained the winner, the former world number 2 on Eurosport.
Likewise, he commented that, in the future, he sees Rafa as an “advisor” to Real Madrid and not training promising young players, as happens with Andy Murray: “I see it as 99.99% impossible. I would be surprised. I think that He’s going to need time to realize what he wants to do. Rafa lives in Manacor and has his academy, and I don’t see him traveling much if Andy seems like he wants to continue with that feeling, but. I don’t see Nadal as anyone’s consultant. Perhaps more as an advisor to Real MadridFor example”.
Finally, he showed his point of view about David Ferrer’s decision to put Rafa in the singles, and assured that he would “never” criticize the captain of the Spanish team at all: “I will never criticize a friend or captain who decides to choose one player over another. He knows what’s going on in the team and my feeling is that if Nadal tells you he’s ready, how the hell are you going to say no? Rafa was ready, Bautista too, Alcaraz and Granollers…”.