🎂Happy birthday to Spanish Tennis Player Rafael Nadal🥳. Today he turned 36.
Rafael Nadal is a Spanish professional Tennis Player who is ranked world No. 1 for 209 and ranked world no. 5 in singles by ATP.
Facts
- Rafa Nadal’s family was offered the opportunity to relocate to Barcelona by the Spanish Federation when he was just 14 years old. However, his parents declined the request due to Rafa’s scholastic commitments.
- For the first time, Rafael beat Roger Federer, the great Swiss tennis player on the court. Nadal was just 17 years old at the time.
- Firstly Grand Slam title at the age of 19: French Open.
- In 2010, Rafael Nadal became the face of the cookie, bakery, and chocolate-coated goods firm Quely, which he now represents.
- He has given to a number of organizations, including City Harvest, Elton John AIDS Foundation. Laureus Sport for Good Foundation, and Small Steps Project.
- His favorite football team is the Spain national squad. Rafa one of six people granted entrance to the locker room of the 2010 FIFA World Cup-winning Spain football team.
- In February 2008, Rafa Nadal established the Fundacion Rafa Nadal in his honor.
- On October 16, 2010, he visited the Anantapur Sports Village in Andhra Pradesh, India. Where he runs a tennis academy for disadvantaged youngsters.
- The music video for Shakira‘s “Gypsy” featured Rafael Nadal also.
- However, John Carlin released Rafael Nadal’s autobiography, Rafa, in August 2011.
