Carlos Moya: 'I wish I had half the ambition of Rafael Nadal'
Rafael Nadal' coach Carlos Moya recalled his first head to head meeting on the ATP Tour against Rafael Nadal back in 2003 Hamburg. Nadal won the match and Moya was impressed by his compatriot's attitude. "I had won a Grand Slam, I was world No. 1. I remember that in practice I almost always beat him, but once you began to play with him on the court, he turned into a machine. The first time we played an official tournament was Hamburg. But it's clear that he had a killer instinct inside the court, an ambition that I could wish I only had a half of. The circuit evolves, the players evolve. If you want to keep the same position, you have to improve and evolve from the player you were eight or ten years ago", said Moya.
The former world No. 4 Tim Henman drew differences between Roger Federer and Nadal: "I can imagine that Nadal, who is a great tennis fighter, has always looked for the challenge of solving problems. And I think that with Roger, it's the same thing. Maybe they each have their philosophy about how to solve the problem. Roger always needs to feel something positive, he always needs to feel the opening up of a possibility, a path, a solution."
On Federer, Henman concluded: "His attention into detail into his training, his practice, his injury prevention, his schedule and his matches is incredible. And I think sometimes he does not get almost the credit he deserves because he makes it look so easy. He has a good physique that does not put much pressure on his joints, he has a great movement, he has got so much balance that people think it's natural, a god given talent and he does have enormous talent but he works as hard as anyone else at and improving all those attributes."
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