“It’s been a lot of fun. I was a little nervous, because this morning I played a three-hour match and in the afternoon, I’m training with Rafa Nadal“. He says so Ammar Faleh Alhogbanithe 26-year-old Saudi tennis player, who participated in 27 Davis Cup matches with his country and had the opportunity to visit the Balearic Islands this Tuesday. in Riyadh, of course Six Kings Slamthe first event in which the 22nd Grand Slam winner will appear before hanging the sign. In a way, Nadal is his ‘boss’, because a few months ago he was appointed as the ambassador of the Saudi Arabia Tennis Federation.
Alhogbani, who has two brothers, Saud (22 years old) and Yara (20) who do the same thing as him, is one of the young people trying to make his head in the country.until now, without a tennis tradition. He lived in the United States at the age of three, where he became a citizen, and returned home in 2021 to represent his country. Previously, he played for the University of Virginia, which won the NCAA championship with him, and an arm injury nearly threw in the towel.
Nadal’s growing involvement in the Federation has boosted the Saudi number one. And for about an hour the boy struggled with the manacoríwho continues to hit the ball very hard after being stopped and had already been heated by another ordinary boy. A few hours earlier, Ammar had managed to finish the race Saudi sports, just after his brother, who will play in the final on Wednesday. This is not the first time he has played with professionals. They did this last year with the next Gen ATP Finals, in Jeddah, another big city in Arabia.
Expertise
Nadal, who does not stop his professional work even in the exhibition, spent many hours on the newly built court at The Venue.the installation was not completely completed, outside the city, in the midst of the great difficulties of the Riyahd Season, a great celebration organized by Turki Al-Seikh, the owner of Almería and a prominent member of the Saudi Government. He was accompanied by his teachers, Carlos Moyá and Marc López, his physio, Rafa Maymó and his press officer, Benito Pérez Barbadillo.
Grow up
Carlos Moyá, Marc López, Rafa Maymó and Benito Pérez Barbadillo, and Rafa Nadal back in Riyadh.That’s Albarran
Wednesday, Nadal, who worked hard and despite being very tired, will train again in the morning and rest in the afternoon he is waiting for his opponent in the semifinals of the Six Kings Slam, who will be the winner of the duel that will be played around 8:45 pm with Carlos Alcaraz and Holger Rune. The Murcians, by the way, arrived in Riyadh on Monday afternoon and were not at The Venue yesterday.
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