Rafael Nadal may have hung up his racket, but the 22-time Grand Slam champion is still taking his game around the world. The Rafa Nadal Academy is expanding into Indonesia with a new Rafa Nadal Tennis Center in Lombok, marking the organization’s first outpost in Southeast Asia. Scheduled to open in the first quarter of 2028, the facility will form part of Samara Lombok, an ambitious new luxury resort taking shape along the island’s southern coast. The center will comprise four tennis courts and four padel courts, with programs designed for everyone from beginners to experienced players. Coaching will draw from the training system Nadal and his team developed over more than two decades on the professional circuit, which is the same system underpinning the Rafa Nadal Academy in his hometown of Manacor, Mallorca. Situated about 25 minutes from Lombok International Airport, Samara is being developed as a 150-hectare coastal..
