Rafael Nadal, one of the greatest tennis players of all time and my personal favourite, announced his retirement last week. I felt a flurry of emotions. Admiration at his outstanding 23-year career.

Rafael Nadal announced Thursday that he is pulling out of the French Open because of a lingering hip injury, and he expects 2024 to be the final season of his career.

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Few athletes have become more synonymous with a single event than Rafael Nadal and the French Open. The Spaniard won a record 14 titles at the grand slam in his career and Roland Garros gave its ...

Spain's Rafa Nadal, who won 22 Grand Slam singles titles, said on Thursday he was putting an end to his professional tennis career, a decision effective after the Davis Cup final. Sean Hogan has more.

PARIS (AP) — Rafael Nadal hasn’t swung a tennis racket in the six months since the final match of his remarkable career. Eventually, he figures, he will do so again, if for no other reason ...

PARIS (Reuters) -Rafa Nadal said the presence of his friends and rivals Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray during a celebration of his glorious career at the French Open made an ...

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — This is hardly the first time Rafael Nadal’s body has betrayed him. That much we know. What no one — not even the 22-time Grand Slam champion himself — can ...

Andy Murray, Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic join Rafa Nadal on court at Roland Garros for an emotional ceremony to pay tribute to the all-time Spanish great.