Mallorca is located on the east side of the main Spanish mainland and can be reached in less than an hour by flight from Barcelona.
This small island surrounded by infinite emerald blue has more than 300 days of sunny weather throughout the year and is known as the "Mediterranean Paradise".
All year round, you can see sun-hungry European residents coming here to enjoy a leisurely holiday away from the hustle and bustle of the city and the cold haze.
Not only that, Mallorca is also known as the "Honeymoon Island", and the time needs to be traced back to the distant years two centuries ago.
The protagonists of the romantic story are Polish composer and pianist Fryderyk-Chopin, and French female writer George Sand.
In 1837, Chopin met Sang, who was six years older than him, and met at a Paris salon. The two immediately fell in love, which also caused numerous controversies.
The reason comes from George Sand.
At that time, the female writer settled in Paris with her two children. She was always surrounded by a large number of suitors. However, she also refused to accept the constraints of social morality. She entered and exited public places in a riding costume, showing a chic and uninhibited rebellious attitude, and smoked.
He smokes cigars, drinks strong liquor, rides horses, wears trousers, socializes among his suitors, and openly admits that he has four lovers.
Even the pen name "George Sand" came from one of her young lovers.
At that time, Chopin and Sang fell in love. In order to stay away from the noise and sight, and because Chopin was suffering from tuberculosis at the time, the doctor suggested that he needed to rest. So, at the end of 1838, they came to the then little-known island of Mallorca.
It was sparsely populated, with no hotels or apartments. They rented several houses to live in a monastery in Palma, the capital of Mallorca, and spent a winter together in the South. Both artists completed a series of masterpieces here.
creative work.
Later, Sang even wrote a romantic story titled "Love in Mallorca". In the love life of Chopin and Sang, which lasted for more than ten years, Mallorca played an important role.
To this day, Mallorca still maintains the former residence of the two art giants, attracting an endless stream of tourists.
Later, those young lovers and newlyweds who believed in and admired romance followed the footsteps of Chopin and Sang and came here together to find their love.
Therefore, Mallorca has also won the reputation of "Honeymoon Island".
In the blink of an eye, two centuries have passed by your fingertips, and Mallorca has become one of the most prestigious resort islands in Europe. However, this island still retains a large number of pristine beaches and cliffs that have not been eroded by tourists or commercialized.
, waiting for exploration and excavation by adventurers.
It's like a paradise.
Of course, this has pros and cons.
The good thing is that Mallorca still retains a lot of original landscapes and is not tainted with a strong commercial atmosphere.
The disadvantage is that due to the lack of commercial development, tourists are being attracted to other more mature resorts, so that Mallorca's economy has declined and it is difficult to make a living relying on primitive fisheries. The young residents of the island are gradually
Started to run away and refused to stay.
It was not until the new century that a Mallorcan teenager named Rafael Nadal emerged and became a giant in the professional tennis world.
Mallorca is the hometown of the "Spanish God of War".
Nowadays, Mallorca is no longer a tourist destination because of Chopin and Sand, people often come here to visit because of Nadal.
In fact, Nadal and his entire family still live in Mallorca. Not only are they rooted here, but they are also actively working to boost the economy of their hometown.
On the one hand, Nadal actively promotes the tennis career in his hometown. A new ATP and WTA event will be completed in Mallorca. What is very special is that this is not a clay court event, but a grass event. If everything goes well,
Will be held for the first time in 2016.
As the hometown of the King of Clay, Mallorca holds tennis events, but not on clay?
Obviously, things are not that simple. Nadal has also communicated with the ATP and WTA in many aspects.
At present, hard court events are blooming all over the world. It is undoubtedly the easiest to hold hard court events, but at the same time, the competition is also the most fierce. It is not easy to invite top players to participate. In stark contrast, grassland events are
There are fewer and fewer competitions and we are facing an existential crisis.
From a commercial perspective, grass should not be the first choice; however, the ATP and WTA have been encouraging and sponsoring grass-court events in order to ensure the diversity of event venues.
If Mallorca holds a grass-court event, it will not only receive official support and promotion, but also call on more top players to participate. After all, in just one month of grass-court events, there are not as many events to choose from as imagined.
Adding a choice is always a positive.
Once the event is successfully held and attracts enough attractive players, European fans will be willing to fly there.
On the other hand, Nadal also closely links his career planning with his hometown.
In fact, Nadal is not the first. To be precise, his start is considered slow.
Among the Big Four, Federer has been running his own fashion brand and acquired a sporting goods company to develop professional tennis shoes. At the same time, he created his own agency, started signing contracts to manage the careers of young tennis players, and opened his own business.
territory.
Djokovic is more pyrotechnic, because his parents are restaurant owners, so starting in 2012, he opened a chain of restaurants in his hometown, preparing to fully expand, focusing on the unique donkey cheese in Europe; later,
He also ran a vegetarian restaurant in Monte Carlo and created his own line of nutritious foods.
In addition, Djokovic owns an agency that specializes in event planning. He bought the Dutch Open in 2009 and transformed it into the Serbian Open.
In comparison, Nadal, who has always been focused on the court, is significantly less active off the court and has only started planning in the past two years.
In fact, after leaving the IMG agency, Nadal re-planned his career, found his goal, and focused all his energy on his tennis school——
Nadal plans to use Mallorca as a base to establish the "Raphael Nadal Tennis School" here.
This idea was more or less inspired by Miami.
The base camp of Nick Bolletini Tennis School is in Miami. It not only attracts countless young players to study every year, but also forms a linkage with the Miami Masters, playing an important role in stimulating the city's economy. This is very important for Mallorca.
, is a brand new industry.
At the same time, it is also a new hope.
It is precisely because of this that when Tony Nadal learned that Gauvin was looking for a venue to adapt to clay, he took the initiative to call Sampras and extend an invitation.
We sincerely invite Gao Wen to come to Mallorca and start the clay court season training with Nadal.
Sampras had no reason to refuse. To be precise, he welcomed him with both hands and feet.
