{"id":947302,"date":"2026-10-26T20:10:17","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T20:10:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/947302\/"},"modified":"2026-10-26T20:10:17","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T20:10:17","slug":"rafael-nadal-to-play-in-las-vegas-exhibition-in-february-for-first-u-s-action-since-retirement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/947302\/","title":{"rendered":"Rafael Nadal to play in Las Vegas exhibition in February for first U.S. action since retirement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LAS VEGAS \u2014\u00a0Rafael Nadal will take part in a tennis exhibition in Las Vegas early next year to mark his first time playing in the U.S. since retiring two years ago.<\/p>\n<p>The 22-time Grand Slam champion will headline \u201cThe MGM Slam presented by Capital One\u201d at T-Mobile Arena on Feb. 28, organizers announced Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Nadal faced Carlos Alcaraz in the Vegas exhibition in 2024 during his final year on tour.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI remember how impressive it was to feel the energy of a full arena in a city like Las Vegas,\u201d the 40-year-old Nadal said. \u201cNow I return in a different stage of my life, without the pressure of the tour but with the same passion for this sport. I have always loved competing, and even if my professional career is finished, that feeling never really goes away.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Additional players and the format for the event will be announced in the coming weeks. It\u2019s slated for just before the ATP 1000 event in Indian Wells, California.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, eight players competed in a tiebreaker format.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LAS VEGAS \u2014\u00a0Rafael Nadal will take part in a tennis exhibition in Las Vegas early next year to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":947303,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[442],"tags":[49,48,82,593],"class_list":["post-947302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/947302","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=947302"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/947302\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/947303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=947302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=947302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=947302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}