In Pics: 21-time Grand Slam champ Rafa Nadal's connection to India

The tennis school in Anantapur was inaugurated in 2010 by Rafael Nadal along with his mother Ana Maria Parera, who also serves as the president of The Rafa Nadal Foundation. (Source: Twitter)

Rafael Nadal's wife Maria Francisca Perello, who now serves as the foundation's director, frequently visits the centers herself when Nadal is busy in tournaments. (Source: Twitter)

Apart from the tennis school in India, Rafa Nadal has launched a further 23 centers in Spain.   The objective in all cases is to foster the personal and social development of young people. (Photo: Reuters)

Rafa Nadal was a regular at the Chennai Open and won the tournament for the first time back in 2008. He was also the semifinalist in Chennai in 2007. (Photo: Reuters) 

Rafa Nadal became the first man in the history of tennis to win 21 Grand Slam title when he won the Australian Open 2022 crown in Melbourne on Sunday (January 30). (Source: Twitter)