Rafael Nadal thanks fans for special support campaign in French Open 2020; watch video

In absence of fans at French Open this year, Rafael Nadal's long-time partner Kia Motors came up with an ingenious solution to keep ir champion's spirits up. Most sports stars would be very used to seeing throngs of fans in stands and on ir way to courts and derive some amount of ir inspiration from m. However, as sports resumed, social distancing measures did t let up, and matches were played in eerily silent stadiums. 

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Nadal thanks fans for virtual support during French Open triumph 

20-time Grand Slam winner Rafael Nadal has thanked his fans for going extra mile to support him during his time in Paris last month. Before start of French Open 2020 on September 28, Kia Motors launched an effort called #TakeOn20 to help Nadal take on all challenges posed by 2020 to win his 20th title. aim of challenge was to get fans to make customised inspirational messs for Nadal through Instagram's 'create a story' feature.

According to Kia, this was a 'social movement' of 'fan artwork'. se pieces of artwork were n plastered all around Paris by Kia Motors team and even displayed on prominent hoardings in city. This ensured that Nadal would see his fans messs every day on his way to Court Phillipe-Chatrier. This effort was undertaken in association with Rafael Nadal Foundation and turned out to be a huge success in representing Nadal's fans who could t be re in person. 

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Nadal Grand Slams record

With his 13th Roland Garros win in Paris, Rafael Nadal joined long-time rival and close friend Roger Federer on top of Grand Slam winners list. Nadal beat vak Djokovic in a dominant display of tennis prowess, taking him down 6–0, 6–2, 7–5 to win his 20th Grand Slam title. With that win, Nadal also jumped to 9,850 points on ATP rankings, inching slowly but steadily towards current World .1 vak Djokovic's 11,740 points. He is w proving to be a real threat to Serb, who is in line to beat Federer's record of most weeks spent at .1 in March 2021. 

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Nadal Net Worth

According to Celebrity Net Worth, Rafa's net worth post his French Open win is approximately $200 million. Out of this, $122,905,214 is just his career prize money earnings (figures from ATP website). rest of value comes from his endorsement deals with Kia Motos, Babolat, Telefonica and many more, and real estate portfolio. He also owns a yacht and several luxury cars. 

Disclaimer: above mentioned Nadal net worth has been sourced from various media reports. This website does t guarantee 100% accuracy of figures. 

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Im Credits: Rafael Nadal Foundation and Roland Garros Twitter