Tag: Rafael Nadal
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Laureus Awards: Mondo Duplantis, Simone Biles, Rafael Nadal Take Top Honours
First to the stage was Mondo Duplantis. He was awarded the Laureus World Sportsman of the Year Award after being nominated in each of the last three years and is the second track-and-field athlete to win this Award, after four-time winner Usain Bolt. Still just 25 years old, Duplantis broke his own world record for…
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IOC Gifts Rafael Nadal With Paris 2024 Olympic Torch
Rafael Nadal has added a special piece of history, a torch from the Paris 2024 Olympics, to his eponymous museum at the Rafa Nadal Academy by Movistar, an ATP report said. The 22-time major champion, forever linked to Paris through his record 14 Roland Garros titles, now holds a piece of Olympic history in tribute to his role…
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Maaya Rajeshwaran Revathi Cracks A First After Sania Mirza With Rafael Nadal Inspiration
At the WTA 125 L&T Mumbai Open this week, the largest professional women’s tennis tournament in India, a 15-year-old local schoolgirl has announced herself as one of the most promising talents her country has seen for many years. Maaya Rajeshwaran Revathi, a Top 60 junior, started the week as a qualifying wild card. Unranked and…
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WATCH: Netflix Releases ‘Rafa’, A Rafael Nadal Documentary, Trailer
Nearly a month after Rafael Nadal, a 22-time Grand Slam Winner announced his retirement, Netflix released a trailer to his upcoming documentary ‘Rafa’. The trailer displays an artist drawing Rafael Nadal’s mural on clay with the background score narrating the Spanish tennis icon’s journey toward greatness. “He has rewritten the history of tennis so many…