{"id":27114,"date":"2025-07-30T15:35:19","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T05:35:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/nsw\/?p=27114"},"modified":"2025-07-30T16:04:47","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T06:04:47","slug":"rafa-nadal-australian-tour-comes-to-nsw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/nsw\/news\/2025\/07\/30\/rafa-nadal-australian-tour-comes-to-nsw","title":{"rendered":"Rafa Nadal Tour hits NSW"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 2025 Rafa Nadal Tour arrived at Sydney Olympic Park Tennis Centre, from 13\u201315 July, bringing together the top junior tennis players from across New South Wales.<\/p>\n<p>More than just a tournament, the Rafa Nadal Tour encompasses high-level competition and personal development, guided by four core values: humility, resilience, commitment, and sportsmanship.<\/p>\n<p>Across three action-packed days, players competed on court while also taking part in off-court values sessions designed to foster personal growth. These engaging activities are a key feature of the tour, reinforcing the belief that success in sport is just as much about character as it is about performance.<\/p>\n<p>Those who consistently demonstrated these values were recognised with the prestigious Trophy of Values\u2014an award that highlights attitude, behavior, and leadership both on and off the court.<\/p>\n<p>The event crowned winners across four singles categories, with each champion, along with the Trophy of Values recipients, earning a coveted spot at the Rafa Nadal Tour Australian Masters, set to take place in Melbourne in January 2026. There, they\u2019ll compete for the ultimate prize: an all-expenses-paid, two-week training experience at the world-renowned Rafa Nadal Academy in Mallorca, Spain.<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to the following players for their outstanding performances and demonstrating the true values of the Rafa Nadal Tour.<\/p>\n<p><strong>12\/U Girls Singles:<br \/>\n<\/strong>\u00a0Winner: <em>Maria Gabrys<br \/>\n<\/em>\u00a0Runner-Up: <em>Emily Liang<br \/>\n<\/em>\u00a0Values: <em>Maggie Ma<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>12\/U Boys Singles:<br \/>\n<\/strong>\u00a0Winner: <em>Woojin Son<br \/>\n<\/em>\u00a0Runner-Up: <em>Matthew Kwok<br \/>\n<\/em>\u00a0Values: <em>Matthew Kwok<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>14\/U Girls Singles:<br \/>\n<\/strong>\u00a0Winner: <em>Jocelyn Ke<br \/>\n<\/em>\u00a0Runner-Up: <em>Hasini Ganesh<br \/>\n<\/em>\u00a0Values: <em>Inara Ahmed<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>14\/U Boys Singles:<br \/>\n<\/strong>\u00a0Winner: <em>Manu Raj<br \/>\n<\/em>\u00a0Runner-Up: <em>William Wang<br \/>\n<\/em>\u00a0Values: <em>Edmund Libert<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2025 Rafa Nadal Tour arrived at Sydney Olympic Park Tennis Centre, from 13\u201315 July, bringing together the top junior tennis players from across New South Wales. More than just a tournament, the Rafa Nadal Tour encompasses high-level competition and personal development, guided by four core values: humility, resilience, commitment, and sportsmanship. Across three action-packed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6323,"featured_media":27115,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/nsw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27114","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/nsw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/nsw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/nsw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6323"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/nsw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27114"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/nsw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27114\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/nsw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27115"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/nsw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/nsw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/nsw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}