#1. Rafael Nadal halting a match midway so a mother could find her daughter
On 28th September, Rafael Nadal was partnering Simon Solbas in a doubles exhibition match against former tennis greats John McEnroe and Carlos Moya in Mallorca. During the match, as Nadal was beginning to serve, he heard somebody from the crowds shouting. It was a distressed mother looking for her toddler daughter.Nadal then stopped the match so that the lost daughter could be found. The stoppage paid off as the girl was located and both the mother and the daughter had a tearful reunion. After she found her daughter, the mother waved towards Nadal as a gesture of gratitude and Rafa smiled back. The most heartwarming tennis moment of 2016 indeed.
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