Rafael Nadal
10 Oct
Rafael Nadal announced his retirement from tennis after the Davis Cup finals in November on Thursday after a career which yielded 22 Grand Slam titles. Fourteen of those majors came at the French Open, where he won 112 matches and suffered just four defeats since his 2005 debut. AFP Sport looks at the Spaniard's 14…
10 Oct
Rafael Nadal on Thursday announced he would retire from tennis after the Davis Cup finals in November, ending a spectacular career that brought him 22 Grand Slam titles. AFP Sport recalls six of the Spaniard's greatest Slam finals: 2005 French Open Nadal beat Mariano Puerta 6-7 (7/6), 6-3, 6-1, 7-5 -- The one that started…
10 Oct
Rafael Nadal announced on Thursday he will retire from professional tennis after the Davis Cup finals in November, ending a career in which he won 22 Grand Slam titles and Olympic singles gold. "I am retiring from professional tennis. The reality is that it has been some difficult years, these last two especially," Nadal said…
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Rafael Nadal admits he will be facing "one of the toughest opponents possible" when he plays Alexander Zverev in the French Open first round on Monday.
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Naomi Osaka swept to her first victory at the French Open in three years on Monday, setting up a potential showdown with world number one Iga Swiatek, as Roland Garros prepared to possibly bid farewell to Rafael Nadal.
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Rafael Nadal was drawn on Monday with a qualifier in the first round of the Italian Open as the 22-time Grand Slam winner continues his comeback from injury on clay in Rome.
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Tennis superstar Rafael Nadal said Monday returning to action at the Barcelona Open is a "gift" and he wants to enjoy every moment of what he expects to be the last year of his career.
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