{"id":849989,"date":"2026-09-16T17:08:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T17:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/849989\/"},"modified":"2026-09-16T17:08:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T17:08:10","slug":"rafa-nadal-returns-to-play-for-rafa-nadal-academy-10th-anniversary-celebration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/849989\/","title":{"rendered":"Rafa Nadal Returns to Play for Rafa Nadal Academy 10th Anniversary Celebration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        Daily Fuzz<\/p>\n<p class=\"tn-article-dek\">Rafa Nadal will play a series of exhibitions to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Rafa Nadal Academy.<\/p>\n<p>Richard PagliaroSeptember 16, 20262 minute read<\/p>\n<p>By Richard Pagliaro | Wednesday, September 16, 2026<br \/>Photo credit:\u00a0Clive Brunskill\/Getty<\/p>\n<p>The Grand Slam season is over, but a major tennis moment is coming.<\/p>\n<p>Get ready for Rafa Time.<\/p>\n<p>Former world No. 1 Rafael Nadal will return to action on Saturday, October 3rd at 4:30 p.m. local time with a very special afternoon of tennis.<\/p>\n<p>The King of Clay will take part in a series of exhibition matches alongside some of the biggest names in the sport as part of the 10th anniversary celebration of the Rafa Nadal Academy in his native Manacor.<\/p>\n<p>The 22-time Grand Slam champion will share the court with some of the rivals and friends who played against and alongside him throughout his career. <\/p>\n<p>Rafa\u2019s return promises to be a particularly emotional occasion. <\/p>\n<p>It marks the first time Rafa Nadal will play in front of a crowd since retiring from professional tennis in November 2024, at the Davis Cup Finals in Malaga after falling to Botic van de Zandschulp in his final match.<\/p>\n<p>The participating players and details on ticket information will be announced in the coming days, the Rafa Nadal Academy announced today. Tickets will be limited due to the capacity of the Academy\u2019s Centre Court.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/10years.rafanadalacademy.com\/en\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rafa Nadal Academy Slam<\/a> will mark the start of the Rafa Nadal Academy\u2019s 10th Anniversary celebrations, providing an opportunity to look back \u201con the evolution of a project that was founded in Manacor in 2016 and built on the methodology, experience and values that have defined Rafa Nadal\u2019s career,\u201d the Rafa Nadal Academy announced today.<\/p>\n<p>The Rafa Nadal Academy Slam will be broadcast live on Movistar Plus, which will provide extensive coverage to ensure fans can follow Rafa Nadal\u2019s return to the court<\/p>\n<p>Over the past decade, the Rafa Nadal Academy\u2019s international expansion has been one of the project\u2019s main areas of growth, and it now has eight centers around the world: Manacor, Costa Mujeres, Greece, Kuwait, Hong Kong, Marbella, Egypt and Punta Cana. <\/p>\n<p>Prior to his recent Hall of Fame induction, Roger Federer told the media he would be open to working with juniors in the future either at the Swiss Tennis Academy or at the Rafa Nadal Academy. Federer has said in the past he\u2019d like to play future exhibitions with Nadal and Big 4 rivals in the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Daily Fuzz Rafa Nadal will play a series of exhibitions to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Rafa&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":849990,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[99,428],"class_list":["post-849989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/849989","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=849989"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/849989\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/849990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=849989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=849989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=849989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}