{"id":602153,"date":"2026-04-23T19:22:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T19:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/602153\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T19:22:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T19:22:10","slug":"rafael-nadal-jannik-sinner-join-real-madrid-stars-jude-bellingham-thibaut-courtois-on-court-atp-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/602153\/","title":{"rendered":"Rafael Nadal, Jannik Sinner join Real Madrid stars Jude Bellingham, Thibaut Courtois on court | ATP Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        Player News<br \/>\n    Nadal, Sinner join Real Madrid stars Bellingham, Courtois on court<\/p>\n<p>Nadal &amp; Sinner hit on Thursday at the Bernabeu, home of Real Madrid<\/p>\n<p>April 23, 2026<\/p>\n<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/nadal-sinner-real-madrid-2026-thursday.jpg\" alt=\"Iga Swiatek, Thibaut Courtois, Rafael Nadal, Jude Bellingham and Jannik Sinner at the Bernabeu in Madrid on Thursday. \"\/><\/p>\n<p>Mutua Madrid Open<\/p>\n<p>        Iga Swiatek, Thibaut Courtois, Rafael Nadal, Jude Bellingham and Jannik Sinner at the Bernabeu in Madrid on Thursday.<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> returned to a tennis court in striking fashion on Thursday in the Spanish capital, where he featured alongside World No. 1 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/players\/jannik-sinner\/s0ag\/overview\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jannik Sinner<\/a> and Real Madrid football stars in a star-studded hit.<\/p>\n<p>Nadal, who retired from professional tennis in 2024, partnered Real Madrid goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois in a friendly session against Sinner and midfielder Jude Bellingham. The appearance formed part of activities linked to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/tournaments\/madrid\/1536\/overview\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mutua Madrid Open<\/a>, with the Bernabeu being used as a temporary practice venue during the ATP Masters 1000 event.<\/p>\n<p>The stadium, home to Real Madrid, has been adapted to host a clay court as part of this year\u2019s event setup. Sinner is the top seed for the tournament and is scheduled to begin his campaign on Friday against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/players\/benjamin-bonzi\/bm95\/overview\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Benjamin Bonzi<\/a>, whom he leads 3-0 in their Lexus ATP Head2Head series.<\/p>\n<p>Nadal\u2019s involvement reflects his ongoing association with the tournament and his connection to Madrid. Over the course of his career, the former No. 1 player in the PIF ATP Rankings won a record five titles at the Masters 1000 event.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Thank you @realmadrid and @mutuamadridopen,&#8221; Nadal wrote in Spanish on Instagram. &#8220;It has been very special to enjoy this unique court @bernabeu.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/4trQo27\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/atp-fantasy-article-banner.jpg\" alt=\"\u201cATP Fantasy\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Iga Swiatek, the WTA World No. 4, was also present at the venue on Thursday. The Pole has recently begun working with <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/news\/swiatek-on-nadal-april-2026\" target=\"_blank\">Nadal\u2019s former coach and trained at the Rafa Nadal Academy<\/a> earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>Bellingham attended the tournament on Wednesday evening to watch rising Spaniard <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atptour.com\/en\/players\/rafael-jodar\/j0dz\/overview\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rafael Jodar<\/a> secure an opening win. The England international was named La Liga Player of the Season in his first campaign with Real Madrid in 2023\/24.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Player News Nadal, Sinner join Real Madrid stars Bellingham, Courtois on court Nadal &amp; Sinner hit on Thursday&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":602154,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[99,428],"class_list":{"0":"post-602153","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-sports","9":"tag-tennis"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/602153","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=602153"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/602153\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/602154"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=602153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=602153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=602153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}