The match between Rafa Nadal and Casper Ruud in Mexico has a venue and a date

Rafa Nadal, number two in the ATP ranking, will face Casper Ruudthird, in an exhibition match next December 1 at the bullring ‘La México’ from Mexico City.

The organizing company Tennis Fest MX announced the venue and date of the duel this Tuesday on its social networks.

“The world’s best will make history at #TennisFest! Don’t miss @RafaelNadal (#2) and @CasperRuud98 (#3) in an epic match“, Tennis Fest reported on their social networks.

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The meeting will be part of a tour where both tennis players will play exhibitions in the capitals of Latin American countries Argentina, Colombia and Ecuador and in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.

Nadal, maximum winner of Grand Slams with 22, will exact revenge on Ruudafter defeating him in the Roland Garros final in June.

That final was her fourteenth French Open title, the most Grand Slam she has won in her career.

While Ruud, who has not yet won one of the four most important ATP tournaments, lost in September in the US Open final against Carlos Alcaraz, the new tennis figure occupying the first place in the ATP ranking.

Nadal and Ruud will replicate in Mexico what Roger Federer and Alexander Zverev did when they played in La México in 2019 in front of 42,517 fanswhich is a world attendance record for a tennis match.

Then Federer, on his only visit to play in Mexico, beat Zverev 3-6, 6-4, 6-2.

It is expected that for the duel between Nadal and Ruud there will be an amount equal to or more than 42,517 fans.