For his eighth final, and the last match in his history at the Masters 1000 in Madrid, Rafael Nadal lost (7-5, 6-4) against the Czech Jiri Lehecka (31st in the world). If the image to remember remains the farewell at the end of the meeting with a video retracing the exploits of the Mallorcan in Madrid, a sequence attracted attention during the meeting.
Before returning to battle to try to turn the situation around, Rafael Nadal approached his clan to ask for the score of his favorite team, Real Madrid, who were at the same time playing their Champions League semi-final first leg against Bayern Munich, Germany.
A big supporter of Real Madrid, the former world number 1 and winner of 22 Grand Slam titles, would even see himself taking the reins of the Merengue club after his tennis career. “I think I would like to do it. But at the moment there is nothing to say because we have the best president possible. I am quite realistic and I know my limits. Time will tell,” he told Movistar in 2023.