Rafa Nadal opens his academy for flood victims to sleep in
Wednesday, October 10, 2018 @ 2:08 PM
WORLD number one tennis star Rafa Nadal has thrown open his eponymous tennis academy in Manacor as emergency accommodation for Mallorca flood victims.
About 50 residents on the island spent last night at the Rafa Nadal Sports Centre in the pearl-factory town, and will continue to have beds if they need them from tonight onwards.
Nadal, who was born in Manacor, was desperate to help his home islanders after some of the worst torrential rain and flash floods in living memory hit the town of San Llorenç des Cardassar this week.
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