Tennis - ATP/WTA 2024 - Rafael Nadal & Carlos Moya at the Rafa Nadal Academy by Movistar graduation

In an emotional ceremony, a total of 52 young students graduated from the Rafa Nadal Academy by Movistar, bringing an end to their academic and tennis education on the campus in Manacor. As is now tradition, Rafa Nadal presided the ceremony and spoke to the families, the teachers and the young students with an inspiring message. Ex-world number 1, 1998 French Open champion and winner of 20 ATP titles Carlos Moyà was the guest speaker at event that is very special for the young tennis players, following in the footsteps of Pau Gasol, David Ferrer, Ona Carbonell, Ricky Rubio and Iga Swiatek who have all joined Rafa at an graduation ceremonies in recent years (Roger Federer and Maria Sharapova did so remotely in 2020).
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[@laurastone6578]

Did this graduation include an education program or just tennis?

[@melanieruawai3363]

The Academy provides schooling and tennis. The staff make it very clear to the students when they begin that the first priority is to give them a good educational grounding as the chances of becoming a successful professional tennis player are possible, but far less likely than increasing their other career asipirations.

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@@melanieruawai3363 Thanks for the info! 👍

[@melanieruawai3363]

@@laurastone6578 You're Welcome. It was on a documentary made in 2021, shown on Amazon. I think it would be tough to keep track of each student's educational progress; not all of them are there for the whole duration of their secondary school years. Some players (eg. Ruud) are only there for a year, others (Swiatek) are there for 2 or 3 years.