Former world number one and 14-time Grand Slam champion Rafael Nadal held a coaching clinic for children in Manila, Philippines on Sunday.

World number five Rafael Nadal arrived in Manila for the second leg of the International Premier Tennis League competition.

Making his debut in the off-season tournament that kicked off in Kobe, Japan, the Spaniard joins star players including Andy Murray, Stan Wawrinka and Ana Ivanovic.

And while it was Nadal's first time in the Philippines, he took the opportunity to host a tennis clinic with kids in the city.

SOUNDBITE (English) Rafael Nadal, (on conducting a clinic for kids)

"New experience, new country, so, just very excited to be playing here on IPTL, and for sure today to have this clinic with the kids to promote our academy in Mallorca, I will hope the kids will enjoy the fact that we will going to be playing with them"

Nadal leads the Micromax Indian Aces, and tomorrow faces rival Federer who turns out for the UAE Royals.

The tournament next heads to New Dehli and and Dubai, before wrapping up with a final in Singapore.