Rafael Nadal will play an exhibition with Casper Ruud at Parque Roca

An exhibition was confirmed between the Spanish Rafael Nadal and the norwegian Casper Ruud in our country: the November 23 at the Arena Parque Roca and tickets for the VIP experience will be on sale starting Monday, October 3. Both tennis players are former champions of the ATP in Buenos Aires and the match has as a strong precedent the final that they starred in this year at Roland Garros. The match will coincide with the culmination of the ATP Finals, the last tournament on the circuit, where both players are classified.

Rafael Nadal, the tennis player who holds the record for the most Grand Slam titles in history (22), will perform in our country as part of his Latin American tour. The current world number 3 will be playing an exhibition match against the recent US Open finalist, world number 2 and champion in Buenos Aires in 2020 and 2022; He has been one of the revelations on the circuit in recent times, since he was even just one match away from becoming number one in the world ranking, if he had beaten Carlos Alcaraz in the US Open final. The peculiarity is that the Norwegian came from Nadal’s tennis academy.

The pre-sale of the VIP experience begins on Monday, October 3, and includes different types of activities in addition to being able to watch the game from a privileged position. For those who purchase these tickets, there will be a gala dinner the day before the exhibition, which will be attended by both tennis players, who will allow photos to be taken with the fans. VIP tickets can be obtained from the page www.nadalenargentina.com, from where general tickets will be available from October 11. The organization and production of the event is in charge of Fénix Entertainment.

It will not be Nadal’s first visit to Argentina, of course. But this time, the impact could probably be even greater, because it would come at the end of a remarkable and historic season, in which he won two major titles (in addition to the French Open, the Australian Open; he also won the ATP of Melbourne and Acapulco), breaking with all forecasts if one takes into account that last year he had to stop playing in August due to the worsening of the congenital disease he suffers from in his left foot, called Müller-Weiss. In addition, Rafa will climb to No. 2 in the world starting this Monday and will second Alcaraz. Why? Because of Ruud’s fall in the quarterfinals of the Seoul tournament. It will be the first time since 2000 that two players from the same country will make the Top 2 (Sampras/Agassi).

Nadal has already performed at the ATP 250 in Buenos Aires three times. The first, in 2005, before achieving his first French Open. At 18 years old and 48th in the ranking, he lost in the quarterfinals to Gastón Gaudio. He returned to the Buenos Aires tournament in 2015, ranking 4th in the world and winning the title (beating Juan Mónaco in the final). While in 2016, being the 5th in the ranking, he said goodbye in the semifinals, against the Austrian Dominic Thiem (he would finally win the trophy).

The Mallorcan also visited Argentina in November 2013 to fulfill various sporting and commercial commitments. He participated in a double farewell to David Nalbandian, in the Rural (Djokovic was also there) and in the Orfeo de Córdoba stadium. In addition, Rafa and Nole, who at that time were 1 and 2 in the ranking, respectively, were the protagonists of a promotion of the Perito Moreno glacier, rallying on top of a boat.