Nadal will defend his title at the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell

The Spanish Rafael Nadal, fourth player in the world, confirmed his presence in the next edition of the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell- Conde de Godó Trophywhich in 2022 will celebrate its 69th edition from April 16 to 24.

The Majorcan tennis player, who after winning the Acapulco Open on Sunday has signed his best start to the season with a full 15 winsand won his 21st Grand Slam in Australia, remains the great reference on clay.

Nadal will arrive in Barcelona as the tennis player with the most Grand Slam titles in history, after winning the Australian Open in Januaryin an epic five-set final against current world number one Daniil Medvedev.

In this way, he remains faithful to the Real Club de Tenis Barcelona-1899 tournament, a club to which he has belonged since he was a child.in which he will participate for the seventeenth time and whose center court bears his name.

The Majorcan tennis player is the main figure on the tournament poster, which in the coming weeks will continue to shape the presence of other great tennis stars such as Stefanos Tsitsipas, last year’s finalist, who has also confirmed his participation.

Twelve-time winner of the Barcelona tournamentthe best Spanish tennis player in history will try to repeat the title he won last year. “Playing for my Club and in front of my people means a lot to me,” said the thirteen-time Roland Garros winner.

The sports director of the tournament, David Ferrer, He was very excited about Nadal’s participation, of whom he stressed that “what he is doing is something unique.”

“Having Rafa in Barcelona is very important for the tournament and the expectation will be maximum to find out how far it can go,” added Ferrer.