MADRID: Real Madrid president Florentino Perez is hoping to leverage the popularity of avid team supporter and global tennis icon Rafael Nadal to host a record-breaking tennis match between him and celebrated rival Roger Federer at the Santiago Bernabeu.
According to ABC, via Daily Mail, Real Madrid are hoping to host a tennis match between the two biggest names in tennis in the not too distant future. Perez is himself the driving force behind the project and has informed the club members of his plan to host the one-off match.
Meanwhile, Perez has also informed Mallorca stakeholder Nadal of his idea involving the Spaniard and the Swiss maestro.
The tennis match between the two greats is expected to set an all-time all-time attendance record if and when it does take place.
The current record for the highest attendance in one match stands at 35,681. The figures were hit when Kim Clijsters took on Serena Williams in an exhibition match in Brussels is 2010. Nadal and Federer are in any case already in line to break that as they play each other in Cape Town in 2020. The one-off game is expected to draw a crowd of 50,000.
Nonetheless, if Real Madrid’s proposed plan of hosting the tennis goliaths goes through, it could set a record for the ages with 80,000 expected to fill up the Santiago Bernabeu.
