Will we see ‘Fedal’ again? (Picture: Getty)

Rafael Nadal’s uncle and coach Toni believes the ‘Fedal’ partnership on display at the Laver Cup is good for tennis and compared his nephew and Roger Federer to Real Madrid and Barcelona.

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The duo teamed up at the inaugural event in Prague to down Jack Sock and Sam Querrey, with the latter claiming they could challenge for all four Grand Slam titles if they took to the doubles tour all year round.

Nadal and Federer both played down the future of the partnership, suggesting ‘Fedal’ would be exclusive to the Laver Cup as they focus on their own singles career.

Uncle Toni wants to see more of them (Picture: Getty)

While Uncle Toni agrees that it’s difficult to see them playing together regularly, he does think that the pairing would be good for tennis due to their huge global pull, which is similar to Barcelona and Real Madrid’s.




And despite the difficulties, he told Efe Radio Nadal and Federer playing together more often in the future would be a positive thing.

‘I think for tennis it was very good,’ he said of seeing the pair on the same side of the net at the Laver Cup.

‘Federer and Nadal, like Real Madrid and Barcelona, made the popularity of tennis increase.

‘It would be good for tennis to see them play together again, but at the moment both of them are focused on singles.’

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