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MADRID (IANS) — LaLiga and the Rafa Nadal Academy by Movistar (RNA) have signed a framework collaboration agreement to share experience and knowledge and mutually reinforce the reputation of both the brands nationally and internationally.

The alliance, which covers the next three years, will see these organisations offering two-way support and launching a series of joint projects and initiatives, said a statement on Monday.

“Since we opened the Academy in 2016, we’ve grown consistently both nationally and internationally, and believe that this collaboration with LaLiga will be of great value to us. For some time now, our teams have been working together on some of the very exciting projects which I hope will come to fruition soon. I’m sure that this partnership between the two brands will be very positive,” said Nadal in the statement.

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Rafael Nadal has confirmed his participation in the next Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell – Trofeo Conde de Godó, which in 2021 celebrates its 68th edition from April 17 to 25. The Majorcan tennis player, who is already preparing the clay court tour, currently occupies the third position in the ATP ranking and continues to be the great reference of this surface after winning the last Roland Garros held in September 2020. Therefore, Nadal remains faithful to the tournament of the Real Club de Tenis Barcelona-1899, a club to which he has belonged since he was a child, in which he will participate for the sixteenth time and whose centre court bears his name.

The player from Manacor is the main figure on the tournament poster, which in the coming weeks will continue to outline the presence of other great tennis stars. Champion 11 times, the best Spanish tennis player in history will try to regain a title that in 2019 was taken by Austrian Dominic Thiem.