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Rafael Nadal's tennis academy in Mallorca made headlines recently after winning big at the Spanish Sport Awards. The Rafa Nadal Academy was honored with the Joaquin Blume Trophy for its work in promoting the sport of tennis worldwide.
Joaquin Blume was a Spanish gymnast who died in a plane crash when he was just 25 years old.
Along with Nadal's tennis academy, basketball superstar Ricky Rubio, cyclist Claudia Galicia and several others were also recognized for their exploits during the award ceremony, which was originally supposed to be held in 2019.
Nadal is currently sidelined with a rib stress fracture that he sustained in Indian Wells during his semi-final match against compatriot Carlos Alcaraz. Earlier this week, he was spotted at the East Mallorca Cup, showing his support for a youth football competition. He posed for pictures with a group of boys participating in the tournament as well.
The East Mallorca Cup is a football tournament held yearly in Mallorca, with kids divided into 90 teams. The tournament was held very close to the Rafa Nadal Academy.
The Secretary of State for Sport, Jose Manuel Franco, stated that the winners deserve
"The winners, beyond the undeniable merit of their sporting successes, deserve all the recognition for the great values of sport that they treasure," he added.
Rafael Nadal could be over 2,000 points behind World No. 1 Novak Djokovic in the ATP rankings
Unable to participate in the 2022 Monte-Carlo Masters due to a rib injury, Rafael Nadal will drop 180 points when the ATP rankings are updated on Monday and 500 points from his win in Barcelona last year. The official ranking points for the week of April 18 is 8340 and 6935 for the Serb and Spaniard respectively.
Depending on how far Djokovic goes in Belgrade, the Spaniard could end between 1300-2000+ points behind the Serb.
The Spaniard will hope to shrug off his injury in time for the Madrid Open at the end of April and the Italian Open in early May. Nadal has a lot of points to defend on clay this season and will be eager to get some much-needed match practice ahead of Roland Garros.
The French Open is just over a month away and Rafael Nadal will be keen to avenge his semi-final defeat at the hands of Novak Djokovic last year and win his 14th title in Paris.
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