The tennis player Rafa Nadal, recent winner of his 13th title of Roland Garros, shares the 10th position after the 1st day of Balearic Professionals Championship with 74 strokes, five behind the leader, Marc Schmidt (69).
The tournament has 60 participants and is mixed, but there are few women in the running. The professional Nuria Iturrios, a regular player on the European women’s circuit, is 5th after doing par 72 on the field The majority of golf from Mallorca.
Golf is one of the great hobbies of Nadal, an amateur player who has such a good hand with the clubs that he is also able to compete with professionals.
After equaling Roger Federer’s record of 20 Grand Slams, Rafa will not reappear on the tennis circuit until the Paris-Bercy 1,000 Masters (2-8 November), where he will try to prepare as best as possible for the only major tournament missing in his honors: the Masters.
The Nitto ATP Finals will be held in London from November 15 to 22 and will put an end to this unusual season due to the coronavirus.
Classification of the 1st day (par 72):
69 Marc Schmidt
70 Robert Lawrence Reynolds
David James Benito
71 Federico Paez
72 Nuria Iturrios
73 Miguel Bisellach
Sebastian Garcia
Jose Insua
Antoni Ferrer
74 Rafa Nadal
