2024-03-18 21:46:14
The racket with which Rafa Nadal won the third of his 14 Roland Garros titles in 2007 reached a six-figure figure at auction
The racket with which Rafael Nadal he beat the swiss Roger Federer in the final of 2007 Roland Garros received this Monday a last winning bid of 118,206 dollars, about 109,000 euros at the exchange rate, at the close of an auction.
According to industry data, it is the third racket that reaches a higher price at auction after the 129,000 euros of another racket of his from the Open the Australia’2022 and the 115,000 euros of the racket that the American used Billie Jean King in the famous ‘Battle of the sexes’ of 1973 against Bobby Riggs.
Nadal, 37, is planning his comeback in the ATP on hard track in Doha (February 19-24) after leaving the Open the Australia due to a muscle micro-tear in the psoas, but in a different area than the injury and operation that forced him to sit out almost all of last season.
Source: SPORTS WORLD