Nadal's former coach starts coaching another player 5 days after split

| by Zachary Wimer

Francis Roig has been one of the coaches that accompanied Rafael Nadal throughout his career until the 16th of December 2022, when they split.

The 22-time Grand Slam champion announced that they wouldn't be working together anymore and thanked Roig for his contributions. When announcing the split, Nadal released a statement that mentioned:

“Francis is a great coach who knows tennis very well and has helped me a lot to get better and better. I only have words of gratitude and I wish him all the luck in the world in his new project."

As the Spaniard hinted in his statement, Roig left his team to pursue a personal project and now it's already known what that project is, or rather, who that project is.

Rafael Nadal parts ways with coach Francis Roig after 18 years
Rafael Nadal parts ways with coach Francis Roig after 18 years

The Spanish coach started working with former world no. 3 and 2017 US Open champion Sloane Stephens. The American shared a picture with Roig on social media and added a statement announcing their partnership:

"Happy to have Francis Roig join my team as my new coach! Here's to a successful journey together, let's get to work."

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