Rafael Nadal, the current world no. 1 in men’s singles tennis will be playing a match this coming February here in Kuwait at the soon to open International Tennis Complex next to 360 Mall. They haven’t announced who he would be playing against except for the fact it will be another tennis champion. Tickets for the match were being sold this past weekend for KD75 at the Rafa Nadal Academy exhibit inside 360 Mall, but the first batch of tickets have already been sold out. I’ve been told that they might release a second batch of tickets at a later date.
Nadal has won 19 Grand Slam singles titles, the second-most in history for a male player, as well as a record 35 ATP Tour Masters 1000 titles, 20 ATP Tour 500 titles and the 2008 Olympic gold medal in singles. The Rafa Nadal Academy that will be opening in Kuwait will be the second one to open in the world.
The tennis complex that is currently nearing the end of construction will have a combined stadium seating for over 6,500 people across two main arenas, each with the capacity to hold 5,000 and 1,500 people respectively. There will also be eight indoor courts with over 500 seats, and eight outdoor courts with 1,500 seats. The tennis complex is expected to open early next year.
To learn more about the Rafa Nadal Academy in Kuwait you can visit their large exhibit (with a tennis court) inside 360 Mall. The exhibit is there till December 7th and you can even play a fun tennis match with one of their coaches inside their exhibit. The timings for the exhibit are:
Wednesday: 4:00pm – 8:00pm
Thursday to Saturday: 12:00pm – 10:00pm
For more information, you can visit rafanadalacademykuwait.com or @rafanadalacademykuwait
4 replies on “Rafael Nadal Tennis Match in Kuwait”
So how did they sell out so quickly? I’ve been scanning every source I can, assuming that he would be playing the inaugural match…..and I haven’t seen a single mention of anything…..
There are only like 1000 seats I think and they were selling them last weekend at 360 Mall. I guess people really like tennis.
Actually many will be precooked by high-end individuals such as royals (arabs and Europeans) and major individuals like Anna wintour who worships tennis (if roger federer is gonna be playing she is definitely coming) also a lot of mega wealthy people would be there, it is quite possible that there won’t be much Kuwaitis at all like tennis matches in Dubai. Not to mention sports magazines. I would have loved to go to the match had I been in Kuwait. Had we had a decent airport this could have been a moment to increase global tourism. I’m just praying that they would not use a Kuwaiti commentator, especially not for English, rkfm plays really good music but I switch off the radio when the DJ talks unless it’s maha.. maha is bloody awesome.
The academy’s logo is so similar to that of Dodge Ram.