Tamdeen, Rafa Nadal Academy By Movistar sign partnership deal
Rafa Nadal Academy Kuwait to open on February 2020
By Michelle Fe Santiago
KUWAIT CITY, Nov 27: Tamdeen Group, Kuwait’s leading mixed-use property developer that is reshaping the country’s urban and social landscape through innovative development projects, and Rafa Nadal Academy by Movistar, one of the world’s leading tennis centres, announced on Wednesday at a press conference the landmark launch of the Rafa Nadal Academy Kuwait.
The press conference held at the Tamdeen Group’s headquarters at 360 Mall was attended by Chairman of Tamdeen Group Mohammed Jassim Khalid Al-Marzouq, Toni Nadal – Tennis Director, Rafa Nadal Academy by Movistar (Mallorca), and uncle and former coach of legendary tennis star, Rafa Nadal, Nuno Marques - Head of Tennis, Rafa Nadal Academy Kuwait and a former ATP player and Portugal Davis Cup Captain and Maribel Nadal, sister and 20-year confidant of Rafael Nadal.
Bearing the name of the legendary tennis icon, who will end the 2019 ATP season as the world’s top ranked player, the Rafa Nadal Academy Kuwait will formally open with Rafael Nadal personally inaugurating the Academy in February 2020.
The Rafa Nadal Academy Kuwait will serve as the training and developmental hub of the all-new Shaikh Jaber Al Abdullah Al Jaber Al Sabah International Tennis Complex in Kuwait. One of the country’s pioneering public-private partnership projects, the world-class Complex is the biggest sports initiative in value and size under the Kuwait Public Authority for Sport. Details of the visionary sports infrastructure project and its ultimate goal were unveiled during the launch; to empower regional grassroots tennis and create future champions in Kuwait.
The all-new Sheikh Jaber Al-Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah International Tennis Complex in Kuwait.
Some of the attendees at a press conference