Rafael Nadal announces his upcoming retirement from tennis

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Apart from all these, the gripping news for all the tennis lovers is the retirement news of Rafael Nadal who is announcing the same after winning a total of 22 grand slam titles.

The Spaniard has been performing at one of the best tennis players ever and the last tournament in which he will wear the `Rojas’ color will be the Davis Cup finals for which he plays for his nation in November.

The 38-year-old was last seen on the courts in Paris with the assumption of saying goodbye to the sport in the two years after struggling most of it all his life with injuries, which he has again in the two past seasons.

“Hello everyone. I’m sure you will want to know why I am here. This is to inform you that I am putting a stop to my professional play in Tennis,” Nadal stated in a similar video that was put to social networks for posting. “The truth is that these have been a few difficult years, the last two especially. I don’t think that these two years, 200 origins have been without any limitations.”

“Clearly, this is an important decision I have to make and takes me a few minutes to ponder. Everything has to have a beginning and an end in the course of life.

“And I think the moment has come when this long and for me much more successful than I had ever expected my career should come to an end.”

Last month Nadal could not go to Laver Cup because of his fitness issues, and he announced last year that it is highly possible that the year of 2024 will be his last on the tour.

Nadal shares the honor of holding the 22 grand slam titles which are the second highest in the history of men’s tennis after his great long standing rival Novak Djokovic, and 36 Masters 1000 titles.

Nadal has won Olympic gold medals in singles and doubles for Spain. He has also helped Spain win five Davis Cups.

This is because he is called the king of clay due to his success on that surface winning 14 of his grand slams at the French Open and only losing four times out of 116 games played in Paris.

He has four titles of the US Open and two of the Australian Open and Wimbledon and is well known for his 2008 Wimbledon final victory against Roger Federer which is arguably the best tennis match in history.

“I feel very happy that the last Davis Cup will be the final tournament of my career and I will play for my country,” Nadal said. “I think it’s a full circle for me because one of my first great happiness as a professional tennis player was in the Davis Cup final in Seville in 2004. I feel super super lucky, this is all that I’ve been able to do and see.’

“Nobody hurts me, everybody takes care of me a lot. I can only feel gratitude to the entire tennis world for the industry. People who have dedicated their time to this sport, my colleagues over the years, and of course all my great competitors: respect Thank you very much. I spent them with many of these people and I experienced so many events that I will cherish for the rest of my life.”

“I find it a little bit more difficult to talk about my team than the others because in the end, my team has been a very significant factor in my life. They are not merely peers in the profession, they are companions. They have been present with me during each and every period when I have actually required them. Very wrong periods, very right periods.”

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