Message from Federer to Nadal after announcing his return to the Laver Cup

Rafa Nadal is now training in Madrid to prepare for his Mutua Madrid Open debut. He will do so on Thursday against young American Darwin Blanch, in what could be his last participation in the Madrid Masters 1000.

The Balearic Islander is living this season as if it were his last, and He hopes to say goodbye to the tournaments that matter most to him throughout their careers.

One of them is the Laver Cupthe competition that pits Europe against the Rest of the World and in which the presence of the Balearic Islands was announced this Monday.

Will share equipment, at the Uber Arena in Berlin from September 20 to 22with the Carlos Alcaraz (world number 3), Daniel Medvedev (no. 4) and Alexander Zverev (nº5) with the aim of regaining the trophy after two consecutive defeats.

“I am very happy to play the Laver Cup in Berlin for the European team. “I have some really special memories from my Laver Cup experiences, including all the emotions of London two years ago playing with Roger for the last time,” Nadal said.

really, His last participation went down in history due to the retirement of the Swiss legendwith the unconditional support of his good friend, whom he spoke to through a story on his Instagram account.

“Come on Rafa“was the message from the Swiss, a few words that he accompanied with two flags of the European Union and a photo in which they are both seen playing a doubles match together.

We remember that Roger Federer is the leader of the competitioncreated in 2017 in the image and likeness of the Ryder Cup, the legendary golf competition that brings together teams from the United States and Europe every two years.

Nadal and company will this time face the World Team led by John McEnroe, who announced his first three tennis players in his squad earlier this month: the Australian Alex de Minaur and the Americans Taylor Fritz and Tommy Paul.