On October 10, the legendary Rafael Nadal announced his retirement. The last tournament for the Spaniard will be the Davis Cup, which will be held from November 19 to 24
Legendary Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal addressed fans after losing in the semi-finals of the Six Kings Slam exhibition tournament in Riyadh to Carlos Alcaraz (3:6, 3:6).
“I feel great support and love from all over the world. I will never be able to thank everyone enough. You have all helped me through both difficult and positive times, and everyone has always brought me to a new level of energy. I feel very happy.”
“I have had a very long and successful career. The support and love from all over the world means I did everything right. Not only on the court, but at the same time off it. I’ve tried to be kind to everyone all these years. I feel happy and satisfied with your love everywhere.”
Recall that on October 10, Nadal announced the end of his outstanding playing career.
Nadal’s professional career on Tour started in 2001. He topped the ATP world rankings for 209 weeks. In total, he won 22 victories at Grand Slam tournaments, including 14 at Roland Garros (an all-time record), and the Spaniard won each of the four majors at least twice. Rafael is also a two-time Olympic champion: Beijing 2008 – in singles, Rio 2016 – in doubles.
Let us remind you that the Spaniard missed almost a year due to injury, returning to tennis only in January 2024. Over eight months, Rafael played only 19 matches, in which he won 12 victories. At the same time, at the Australian Open, Nadal was eliminated in the second round, at Roland Garros 2024 he was immediately eliminated by Zverev, and he missed two more majors – Wimbledon and the US Open.
In July, the legendary tennis player reached his first ATP tournament final in two years (in Swedish Bostad), but there he lost to the Portuguese Nuno Borges.
Nadal will sum up his eventful and glorious career in the final tournament of the Davis Cup for 8 teams, which will be played from November 19 to 24 in Malaga, Spain.
Source: Sportarena
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