Rafael Nadal has introduced his retirement from skilled tennis.
His final occasion would be the Davis Cup subsequent month in Malaga, carrying Spanish colors.
The 38-year-old Spaniard, who received 22 Grand Slam titles together with 14 on the French Open, introduced the information in a video message posted on X.
He stated: “Hello everyone. I’m here to let you know that I am retiring from professional tennis.”
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Nadal, the Wimbledon champion in 2008 and 2010 added: “The fact is that it has been some troublesome years, these final two particularly. I do not assume I’ve been in a position to play with out limitations.
“It’s clearly a troublesome resolution, one which has taken me a while to make.
“But, in this life, everything has a beginning and an end. And I think it’s the appropriate time to put an end to a career that has been long and much more successful than I could have ever imagined.”
Rafael Nadal’s Grand Slam haul
22 Grand Slam titles
14 – French Open
4 – US Open
2 – Wimbledon
2 – Australian Open
Nadal’s profession has been hampered by accidents; he missed the 2023 French Open and was crushed within the first spherical by German Alexander Zverev this 12 months.
He received his final Roland Garros title in 2022 and left the match on a jaw-dropping 112-4 win-loss document.
Nadal added he was “very excited” to complete his profession on the Davis Cup.
He has not performed for the reason that Paris Olympics, the place he misplaced to previous rival Novak Djokovic within the second spherical of the singles match and reached the quarter-finals of the boys’s doubles with Carlos Alcaraz.
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