Centre Court of Barcelona Open to be named Rafa Nadal Court

[PrinceMoron]

There are 17 autonomous communities in Spain. Catalonia, Valencia and Balearic Islands are autonomous communities.

Mallorca belongs to the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands. The dialect of Catalan spoken in Mallorca differs from Catalan spoken in Barcelona.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonomous_communities_of_Spain

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Majorca

Are you saying Nadal is an automaton?

 

[octobrina10]

Are you saying Nadal is an automaton?

Rafa is a Mallorcan.

 

[PrinceMoron]

Rafa is a Mallorcan.

I know, I have been. Prefer Menorca, no Becker and the calas are not so rocky.

 

[octobrina10]

I know, I have been. Prefer Menorca, no Becker and the calas are not so rocky.

B.Becker has had a villa in Mallorca. Currently I don't know whether he still has something there or not.

MailOnline, June 2011: "Boris Becker's £15m Majorcan villa seized in dispute over gardener's £246,000 unpaid wages"
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...eners-246-000-unpaid-wages.html#ixzz4exfwdQam

MailOnline, July 2012: "Is bonking Boris going bust? Becker forced to sell luxury villa to pay his debts in latest financial disaster after huge payouts to his ex-wife and mother of his love child"
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...illa-pay-debts-latest-financial-disaster.html

MailOnline, June 2014: "Boris Becker's house of horrors for sale: Tennis ace saves his Mallorcan villa from being repossessed (for the second time) and auctioned off at half its £12 million price-tag"
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/a...time-auctioned-half-12-million-price-tag.html

 

[Pyrolysis]

Makes complete sense. Should happen at RG, too.

Indeed. It's currently just named after some administrative bigwig. Time to name it after someone notable.

 

[TheAssassin]

 

[Rafa4LifeEver]

Pista Rafa Nadal