The astronomical amount paid by a Romanian to activate at Rafael Nadal's tennis Academy. What does the legendary champion school offer in exchange for

If in girls Romania has been fed in recent years with the glory and the results produced by Simona Halep (former number 1 WTA and double -winning winners) and currently benefit from representation in the Top 100, in the male, at the local tennis crisis seems endless.

Matei Chelemen, along with the legendary Rafa, in a picture of a few days ago

The white sport is waiting for the new Ilie Nastase (the first ATP leader). Or at least the next Andrei Pavel (former number 13 ATP). And if you cannot, it would be good and a “double” of Victor Hănescu (former 26 ATP) or a future Marius Copil (former 56th ATP). For now, the best ranked domestic product is Filip Jianu (23 years, 222 ATP). Format at Nick Bolletieri's IMG Academy, Jianu barely won the first victory in the professional circuit and was unsuccessful to enter the main panel at Roland Garros. Becoming an expensive and elitist sport, tennis specialists look hopefully at any young man with technical potential and rich parents. Such a case appeared in Brasov. It is called Matei Victor Chelemen, and for two years he took his family and moved to Spain, to improve at the Academy of Rafael Nadal, the one who has 22 great Slam titles, of which 14 at Roland Garros.

Matei is doing well on the slag

Matthew's maturity

With the Tennis Abecedar discharged in Romania, Matei quickly noticed at Nadal's tennis school. So loud that, a few days ago, the story of Brasov, told by him, appeared on the Instagram account of the Academy. In an enviable English, the young man expresses his cravings. With an age no maturity, it does not say that it wants to become the world number 1. He is aware of Golgota who is waiting for him and realizes how difficult the pre-professional tournaments are in which he wants to play over a few years. The junior, who has two brothers, admits that it was difficult to leave his friends in the country and would like to have fun on video games, as he does other children, but he knows he has to respect a daily routine, to hope that one day he will become a high level player.

Mother was skirting

A little information is known about the impressive physical kid. Some describe him as the best 15-year-old player Romania has. The latest photos on his Instagram account show him next to the player of the moment, the Spanish Carlos Alcaraz, the new champion at Roland Garros. Tennis sources claim that Matei comes from a rich family, on the model Joao Fonseca, Taylor Fritz, Jessica Pegula or Emma Navarro, and entered the hand of Virginia Ruzici. Former winner at Roland Garros in 1978, Ruici, established in France, stayed behind Simona Halep, former WTA leader. Those from the Văideanu Academy in Brasov, where Matei tennis began, says Ruzici, in fact, does not deal with Matei Chelemen, but another young player produced by the Tennis School under Tâmpa, Luca Marc, the son of Traian Marc, former goalkeeper at Dinamo and CFR Cluj football teams. The Văideanu Academy also reports that Matei started playing tennis from the age of 3-4, while his father received tennis lessons from a coach, and the little boy was giving the fillet. His mother practiced a mountain discipline, skiing.

Matthew, success for the Vaideanu Academy in Brasov

Huge costs at hand in hand

A character from Romanian tennis who visited Rafa Nadal Academy, 40 kilometers from Mallorca, in the town of Manacor, says that the Tennis School of the multiple Grand Slam champion is a “money making machine”, and not necessarily a “champion factory”. And this is because there are those who meet the first and most important condition: they have a lot of money. At the same time, it is true that the peaks of generation have a special attention at the academy, benefiting from personal coaches. “Matei Chelemen is not the only Romanian there. At Nadal's Academy was in a while, Maria, the daughter of former dumbbell Adrian Mateaș, who moved to Spain for the girl to play sports. The costs for a child start from 60,000 euros per year and reach 80,000 euros a year, if you want accommodation, and meal. Children benefit from school, more precisely an American learning system, two workouts per day, as well as physical training program. It is not something different from what they can have in Bucharest, but it attracts the name of the Academy. Only the best receive personal coaches. These academies are money making machines. Alcaraz came out a great player because Ferrero personally took care of him. So, in the pile, no players go out“Says the specialist consulted by” Adevărul “and who visited Nadal's Academy four years ago. On the spot, he learned that the coaches are paid with modest salaries, of about 2,000 euros per month: “TAttal Rafa manages the activity, his uncle, Toni, deals with the tennis side, and the sister and mother take care of the hotel. That's how the Academy is organized”.

The young player uses the slice well

Cases of young Romanian failed in tennis

The same specialist argues that being the best junior at 15, the case of Matei Chelemen, is not a garage, and the critical age for boys is 16-17 years, when the temptations are great, and the juniors must immediately be surrounded by a team to help them not in temptation. And Romania has many examples of valuable juniors, but they have not succeeded in confirming. They missed, clapping when the big step was to take. “Borza, who is now a reporter at Antena 3, was the best junior in the world at the age of 14. He was beating the slope and Rublev. He and leaf. Where is Borza now and where is Zverev? Then, there is the case of Petru Luncanu, who won Orange Bowl, the World Junior Championship, where he beat the Croatian Marin Cilic, a winner of Grand Slam tournament. His mother came, replaced by the coach with whom the child had made that result and in a year and a half was no more good. Then, Mihai Pușcașu, the son of the former Olympic fighter at the 1988 Seoul. From one point onwards, he could no longer serve, from the psychic blockage he had. It is also the case of Dan Tomescu, the son of Răzvan Tomescu's radio man, who died of Covid. He was a tennis coach, but even so he managed to win a $ 15,000 tournament in Bucharest. Has now grabbed by the padl”, This names the name on the list of failures.

Nadal has prepared his business early

After the withdrawal of last year from tennis, the Spanish Rafael Nadal (39 years old) focuses on the activity at the academy he opened in his native country since he was an active player, and at the inauguration he had as a special guest Roger Federer. Recently honored at Roland Garros for the 14 titles won on the Paris slag, Nadal is on the eyes how things go to his tennis school, where young people have not only training and specialization in white sport, but are also integrated into a education system. In 2016, Rafael Nadal opened his Academy in Manacor, his hometown. At the inauguration, Rafa and Roger took advantage of the opportunity and tested the children present at the event. On the island of Mallorca, in Maşacor, 26 tennis courts on slag and hard, two pools, a football field and an ultra -modern fitness center awaits the tennis players to follow Nadal. The Spaniard promised that he will personally deal with the academy, after retiring from the circuit.