From the moment a player begins in a professional sport, the withdrawal It’s the last thing on your mind. Obviously the idea is to win everything and then be the maximum reference in tennis for more than two decades, the Spanish Rafa Nadal reached the climax of his excellent career.
His retirement will be after the dispute of the Malaga Davis Cup Finals next November, where he will try to close one of the most emblematic and iconic races in the history of Spanish sport in style.
Nadal made it public in an extensive video in which he confirmed the news. “I am retiring from professional tennis, the reality is that they have been difficult years, these last two especially, I have not been able to play without limitations. It is a difficult decision, which has taken me time but in this life everything has a beginning and an end” assures the tennis player from Manacor who confesses that it is the right time to put an end to a career “much longer and more successful than he could have ever imagined.”
Nadal has not competed since the Paris Olympics, where he lost to an old acquaintance, Djokovic, in the second round of the singles tournament and reached the quarterfinals in doubles with Carlos Alcaraz.
“I think it’s the right time to put an end to what has been a long career and much more successful than I could have ever imagined,” said an emotional Nadal.
