4-3. Team Nadal wins the Rafa Nadal Slam Academy in an afternoon of nostalgia

He ‘Team Nadal’, formed by Rafa Nadal, Carlos Moyà, David Ferrer and Richard Gasquet, has been imposed by 4-3 at the Rafa Nadal Slam Academy to the ‘Team Murray’, composed of Andy Murray, Dominic Thiem, Fabio Fognini and Marat Safin.

The public present at the Rafa Nadal Academy to celebrate with tennis the tenth anniversary of the center has enjoyed an afternoon full of nostalgia, where the figures who have marked special moments in the lives of the spectators gathered to give a show that has moved more than one fan in Manacor.

The sporting field was the least relevant for Nadal, who already said in the press conference prior to the event that he expected a “zero percent of its competitive version”, although he did not relax when he had to decide the exhibition, which was held with seven 10-point super tiebreaker games.

The afternoon began with a beating of Moyà and Gasquet to Fognini and Safin (10-0)which was followed by two victories for the ‘Team Murray’ of the British and Thiem against Nadal and Ferrer (9-10) and the Austrian and Fognini against Ferrer and Gasquet (8-10).

The members of the host team reacted quickly, with another overwhelming victory for Nadal and Gasquet to Murray and Safin (10-0) who tied the duel, and they took the lead when Moya and Ferrer They beat Thiem and Safin (10-8).

The decisive duel was played Nadal and Moya against Murray and Fognini, who equalized the exhibition (7-10) and forced an extra match with the same participants, but which ended with a favorable result for the Mallorcan couple (7-5).

The exhibition, which opened the curtain on the events to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the opening of the Rafa Nadal Academy, ended up celebrating a marked date for Nadal surrounded by rivals who accompanied him throughout his entire sporting career.