PHOTOS: Rafael Nadal's practice at Abierto Mexicano Telcel, 22 Feb 2020

• Rafa and Stan Wawrinka make their training a show 

Rafael Nadal is the idol everyone wants to see. His presence captivates everyone, even when it comes to training.

Tonight the Mallorcan trained in the stadium Mextenis with Stan Wawrinka as his rival and summoned hundreds of followers, who remained faithful for more than two hours watching the players.

Rafa is getting ready for his debut at the Abierto Mexicano de Mextenis Telcel, presentado por HSBC and thrills with his strokes.

Wawrinka showed several shots with that exquisite one handed backhand that has earned him so much praise by Nadal, still a little bit imprecise on his ground strokes, exchanges thoughts with Carlos Moya, his coach.

The spaniard, ranked #1 at the tournament, he looked serious; the swiss on the other hand looked more loosen, who even asked to be recognized after a winning-shot that raised exclamations.

On the stands you could hear the voices encouraging each other when they failed, or the applause when they disputed a good point.

In the end, both gave themselves time to please the fans, thirsty for an autograph, who swirled in the boxes to be one of the lucky ones to capture the precious memory.

Source: abiertomexicanodetenis.com