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Juan Carlos Ferrero Believes Motivation Is Key To Nadal Success

Juan Carlos Ferrero believes that high-level motivation is what keeps Rafael Nadal at the top of tennis.

By Tony Fairbairn
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Former world number one Juan Carlos Ferrero believes that high motivation is the key to Rafael Nadal’s recent success. 

The 32 year old is currently world number two and won his 11th Roland Garros title in June by beating Dominic Thiem in the final. Despite recent injuries, his hunger and determination to succeed in Tennis is stronger than it has been before.

This high-level motivation is the key to Nadal’s recent success according to compatriot Juan Carlos Ferrero, “What impresses me more is how he is able to keep that strong motivation. The hardest point is to compete at this high-level motivation,” Ferrero told Omnisport.

“Anyway, if you compete each time for winning a Grand Slam, it is easier to keep it. However, it is always tough to keep that motivation the whole year. Fortunately, he is able to keep it and hopefully the injuries will not be an issue – that’s something [that is] tougher every year because you are getting older.”

Ferrero, who is currently working with his academy, also believes that the 17 time grand slam champion has two to three more years left in him at the top level of Tennis, “I have been talking to my closest friend. I am seeing him competing two or three years more. If he is fit enough, his tennis is great,” the Spaniard said.

“Each time I watch him (when he is) fit, he is a beast. He takes care of himself and if (Roger) Federer says he will play until 40, Rafa is 32, so he still has long way to go.”

The 11 time Roland Garros champion spent most of 2018 as world number one only for Novak Djokovic to overtake him in November at the Paris masters.

Rafael Nadal will look to reclaim his spot at the top of the rankings when he starts his season in Brisbane, which starts on the 31st of December.

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