Rafael Nadal signs up for Swiss Indoors tournament

World number five Rafael Nadal will be participating at Roger Federer‘s hometown event for the first time in nine years.

The organizers of the Basel Swiss Indoors revealed that Nadal will be joining five-time champion Federer and defending champion Juan Martin del Potro at this ATP World Tour 500 event from October 19 to 27. Nadal hasn’t had much great record at this event. The last time he played was in 2004 where he lost to Rainer Schuettler of Germany in the first round.