The Spanish tennis player will take on Casper Ruud and Alejandro Tabilo on a tour that starts today, with up to six matches in nine countries and a record amount of money.
Nadal will embark on an exhibition tour of Latin America this Wednesday. A marathon that will have only two rivals. Ruud, whom he already met in the group stage of the Nitto ATP Finals, a match that fell to the manacorí side, and against whom he will play in five of those matches. The only exhibition game that will not play against the Norwegian is in Chile, the country of Tabilo.
The countries that Nadal will visit for nine days are Argentina, Chile, Brazil, Ecuador, Colombia and Mexico. The Spanish tennis player was eliminated in groups at the ATP Finals and showed a weaker form than usual. “Now I need hours on the track at a competitive level and this tour will help with that,” said the world number two, who is not competing in the Davis Cup that takes place in Malaga and will therefore take advantage of this marathon to ride and get more connected with the start of the next season. It should be noted that Nadal defends the title won in Australia and therefore many points are at stake for the start of the new course.
How much will Nadal collect for these exhibitions?
This tour was already negotiated years ago with the Balearic Islands by the Argentinian businessman Lisandro Borges, an exhibition that did not take place. In fact, Borges sued Nadal’s team for damages because they signed more than one contract.
In an interview offered to Canal Todo Noticias, the businessman dropped what the manacorí asked per game at the time: «He asks about 2.5 million per game. He won’t do the tour for less than 10 million ». If we do the multiplication, the figure that the Spaniard has in his pocket for the entire Latin American tour exceeds Borges’ comment.
Tour dates South America
November 23 in Buenos Aires
November 25 in Santiago de Chile
November 26 in Belo Horizonte
November 27 in Quito
November 29 in Bogota
December 1 in Mexico City
Source: La Verdad
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