‘It’s great to praise your coach, but you have to remember the other one…’ Toni Nadal on Alcaraz not mentioning coach Ferrero after winning Aus Open title | Tennis News
5 min readUpdated: Feb 4, 2026 07:28 PM IST With his 2-6, 6-2, 6-3, 7-5 win over Novak Djokovic in the Australian Open final last week, world number two Carlos Alcaraz became only the second Spanish player after Rafael Nadal to win the Australian Open. Nadal had become the first Spanish player to win the Australian Open in 2009 before winning the title again in 2022. Alcaraz, who now trains under Samuel Lopez, won the title months after his split with his long-time coach Juan Carlos Ferrero and the Spaniard did not mention his former coach during his victory’s speech at the Rod Laver Arena. During his time with Ferrero, Alcaraz won six Grand Slam titles and Toni Nadal, uncle of Rafael Nadal, has shared how he believes Alcaraz should have remember Ferrero and how he wouldn’t have liked if Nadal would have not mentioned about his coach Carlos Moya after he left in Nadal’s career. “It’s great to praise your coach, but you have to remember the other one too. I don’t know how …



