[SPORT] Nadal will receive the Grand Cross of the Order of Dos de Mayo

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The Madrid’s community announced this Saturday that the tennis player Rafael Nadal will receive the Grand Cross of the Order of the Second of May, with which the regional government recognizes “the exemplary behaviors that have stood out in their service to citizens“. The regional president, Isabel Diaz Ayuso, will submit a report to the Governing Council of the Community to grant this honorary recognition to the tennis player, whose trajectory is full of “values and effort” that “we all need to remember so much now in this difficult situation” of pandemic. This was announced by the president after visiting the municipalities of Guadalix de la Sierra and Patones de Abajo this Saturday, where she explained that she will give the order to initiate the procedures for the award of the highest autonomic distinction. Specific, The decision will be approved at the next meeting of the regional government on Wednesday, November 18th. The Grand Cross is granted by the Council of the Order, chaired by Díaz Ayuso and made up of the entire Government Council. The athlete has 20 Grand Slam, being the only tennis player in history to lift the Roland Garros Musketeers Cup 13 times, according to the president for whom Nadal is “one of the best athletes in history, if not the best we’ve ever had “. It is done, therefore, in “sign of appreciation and appreciation “ for his person, has indicated Díaz Ayuso, who hopes to receive him at the Royal Post Office in a “short time” to be able to impose this “well-deserved award.” “It is a reason for satisfaction, pride and joy”, reiterated the president of the Community of Madrid. Born in Manacor in 1986, Rafa Nadal is one of the best tennis players in history, having won 35 Master 1000 titles, 5 Davis Cups with Spain, and 2 gold medals in the Olympic Games (one in individual, in Beijing 2008, and another in doubles, in Rio de Janeiro 2016). In addition, it has been 207 weeks occupying the number 1 in the world of the ATP ranking, recalls the Community in a statement. Already in 2008 he received the I International Award of the Community of Madrid for its relevance in sport and his merits, not only in his profession but in the human side. That same year he obtained, precisely, the Prince of Asturias Award for Sports. The Order of the Second of May has three degrees: Grand Cross, Commendation of Number and Cross, according to pre-eminence. It only has honorary effects and does not imply any financial benefit. It can be granted to natural and legal persons, and institutions, national and foreign, for acts or services relevant to citizens and in general for their contribution to political, economic, cultural, or social progress. From the world of sport, the skier Francisco Fernández Ochoa received this recognition, posthumously; motorcycling world champion Ángel Nieto; the tennis player Manuel Santana; the cyclist Alberto Contador; the skater Javier Fernández; the basketball player Felipe Reyes, or the soccer coach Vicente del Bosque, among others.