Great acknowledgment is coming for Rafael Nadal. On Monday in Manacor, the World No. 1 will be awarded a silver replica of the ATP 500 Barcelona event's trophy, in honor of his 10 titles in the tournament. The tournament director Albert Costa, Barcelona Real Club Tennis-1899 Albert Agustì and Javier Godó will be there to grant Nadal the award.

'We are very excited about this possibility that we have to deliver to Nadal in his own home a trophy that nobody better than him will know how to look at in his spectacular museum', said Agustí. The Rafa Nadal Museum is inside the player's academy, and it features all the trophies won by Nadal throughout his career and also other trophies or outfits given by athletes to the Spaniard.

The trophy weighs 13 kilos and in order that everything goes well on the way from Mallorca to Barcelona, it will be inside a special armor. In Barcelona Nadal won ten titles, including the 2017 one beating Dominic Thiem in the final.

In 2018 the 16-time Grand Slam champion, who won 53 matches and lost three here, will make his 14th appearance.