{"id":578614,"date":"2026-04-03T02:03:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T02:03:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/578614\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T02:03:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T02:03:18","slug":"rafael-nadal-spends-time-on-court-with-iga-swiatek-for-academy-practice-atp-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/578614\/","title":{"rendered":"Rafael Nadal spends time on court with Iga Swiatek for academy practice | ATP Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        Rafael Nadal<br \/>\n    Nadal spends time on court with Swiatek for academy practice<\/p>\n<p>WTA star Swiatek has started working with Nadal\u2019s former coach Francisco Roig<\/p>\n<p>April 02, 2026<\/p>\n<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/nadal-swiatek-feature-april-2026.jpg\" alt=\"Rafael Nadal and Iga Swiatek are both former World No. 1s.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Corinne Dubreuil\/Peter Staples\/ATP Tour<\/p>\n<p>        Rafael Nadal and Iga Swiatek are both former World No. 1s.<br \/>\n        By ATP Staff<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/players\/rafael-nadal\/n409\/overview\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rafael Nadal<\/a> did his best to ring in a new chapter in Iga Swiatek\u2019s career on Thursday in Mallorca. <\/p>\n<p> The former No. 1 player in the PIF ATP Rankings welcomed WTA star Swiatek to the Rafa Nadal Academy and spent time on court with the Pole alongside her new coach <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/players\/francisco-roig\/r177\/overview\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Francisco Roig<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udc4b\ud83c\udffc <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iga_swiatek?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@iga_swiatek<\/a> \ud83d\ude00<br \/>Welcome back to the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rnadalacademy?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@rnadalacademy<\/a>! <br \/>Enjoy your time here! We hope you feel at home \ud83c\udfe1 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aj7JsFILdd\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/aj7JsFILdd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rafa Nadal (@RafaelNadal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RafaelNadal\/status\/2039686311691321420?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">April 2, 2026<\/a>  <\/p>\n<p> \u201cWelcome back to the Rafa Nadal Academy!,\u201d Nadal wrote to Swiatek, on the same day she announced her collaboration with Roig, in a post on social media. \u201cEnjoy your time here! We hope you feel at home\u201d. <\/p>\n<p> Swiatek responded on Instagram Stories: \u201cThanks for having us. So nice to be back!\u201d. <\/p>\n<p>You May Also Like: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/news\/nadal-honoured-university-of-madrid-march-2026\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nadal awarded honorary doctorate: &#8216;It&#8217;s essential to always maintain humility&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n<p> Nadal is more than familiar with his fellow Spaniard Roig, who coached the lefty from 2005 to 2022. During that period, Nadal won all 22 of his Grand Slam titles and spent 209 weeks as World No. 1. <\/p>\n<p> Herself a six-time major titlist who has spent 125 weeks atop the PIF WTA Rankings, Swiatek has spoken frequently about Nadal being her idol growing up. Now, the 24-year-old will hope that catching up with the ATP Tour great and the addition of Roig to her team can help push her onto further success. <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rafael Nadal Nadal spends time on court with Swiatek for academy practice WTA star Swiatek has started working&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":578615,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[442],"tags":[49,48,82,593],"class_list":{"0":"post-578614","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-tennis"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/578614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=578614"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/578614\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/578615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=578614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=578614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=578614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}