Rafa Nadal, on His Uncle Toni: "He Took Me to the Limit for My Own Good, Sometimes He Crossed the Line"

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Rafa Nadal has recalled the harshness with which Toni Nadal directed his training since he was a child. His uncle did not understand talent without discipline and often took the demands to an extreme point. Rafa has never hidden that that methodology could be uncomfortable, but he has also not doubted the intention behind it: to prepare him to compete when everything gets complicated. "He always did it for my benefit," he explained. Even when he…