RAFAEL NADAL'S COACH TONI CRITISICED FOR 'SEXIST' RESPONSE TO APPOINTMENT OF GALA LEON AS SPAIN'S DAVIS CUP CAPTAIN

Nadal's coach and uncle says it would have been preferable to appoint someone with experience of men's tennis as Spain's David Cup captain.

Rafael Nadal's coach has criticised the appointment of a woman as the captain of Spain's Davis Cup team, arguing there are substantial differences between the men's and women's games..

His comments have been labelled sexist by Spain's leading political parties,

Gala Leon, a former WTA player, became the first woman to be appointed captain of the country's Davis Cup team on Sunday, replacing Carlos Moya. "It is preferable that (the captain) is someone with a background in the world of men's tennis," Toni Nadal, Rafael Nadal's coach and uncle, told Spanish radio.

"I have nothing against her, I don't know what her capabilities are, and I hope she does her job well, but in theory she is a person that doesn't know men's tennis, because men's tennis isn't the same as women's tennis.

"The truth is that the men's game isn't the same as the women's game on the tactical level, not that one is better than the other."

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