One last dance. Starting this Tuesday, November 19, the 38-year-old Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal is playing the final tournament of his professional career on his native land, the Davis Cup (Spain – Netherlands quarter-final). Far from Paris therefore, but the City of Light will also pay homage to the King of Clay (king of clay) titled 14 times at Roland-Garros and long adored by the Parisian public.
Tuesday evening, although still uncertain the day before, the Mallorcan must shine in Malaga for the final tournament of his career. At the same time, the Nike brand (its main equipment supplier) is organizing an operation to honor the man who is considered one of the greatest players in history. It is from the Human Rights square, on the Place du Trocadéro, in the 16th arrondissement, that the brand is creating “a giant 10 m high projection” of Rafael Nadal.
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The event is scheduled to take place from 6:50 p.m. this Tuesday evening and will end shortly before 10 p.m. The Spanish icon will therefore be represented facing the Eiffel Tower, from an extremely touristy site that the star knows well. It is on this same square that Rafael Nadal (22 Grand Slam titles) posed with the Coupe des Mousquetaires (awarded to the winner of Roland-Garros) as an official photo.
It is also at the foot of this esplanade that “the ogre ogre”, also nicknamed “El Matador” or the Bull of Manacor, collected the Olympic flame from the hands of Zinédine Zidane during the opening ceremony of the Games of Paris 2024, before boarding a boat alongside Serena Williams – another tennis legend – Carl Lewis and Nadia Comăneci, and heading down the Seine towards the Olympic cauldron located in the Tuileries gardens.
