As the greatest Spanish athlete of all time enjoys his new life off the court, friends, colleagues, and Nadal himself discuss ...

Rafael Nadal didn’t say goodbye to Madrid in triumph, but he did leave the way we’ll remember him best: With a fight By Steve Tignor May 01, 2024. Madrid, Spain.

To say goodbye in every single tournament, I don't have the ego to need that." Nadal continued, "So, at the end is about a feeling that I have been thinking for a long time.

Rafa Nadal is cheered by the French Open crowd during a farewell ceremony at Roland-Garros. Lindsey Wasson/Associated Press Federer, now 43, played his last match in 2021 and announced his ...

Rafael Nadal says he might not be done. He’s left the door open to a French Open return, to the point he asked Roland Garros officials to cancel plans for an elaborate on-court farewell.

Farewell Rafael Nadal, it was my pleasure to know one of sport’s most gracious champions. ... ‘Okay, I can go one more year, but why?’ To say goodbye in every single tournament?

Rafael Nadal had to pause for a few moments, visibly emotional, while addressing the crowd after his loss in the fourth round at the Madrid Open. As chants of “Rafa, Rafa, Rafa” echoed around ...

Rafa Nadal reaches for his son Rafael Junior during a farewell ceremony at center court Philippe-Chatrier, at the Roland-Garros stadium, in Paris, Sunday May 25, 2025.

Rafael Nadal tries to start his farewell tour in Barcelona; ... So far, his 2024 farewell tour—he says he’ll probably retire at the end of this season—has come up sadly short of farewells.

Federer and his biggest rival, Rafael Nadal, lost in a doubles match to Frances Tiafoe and Jack Sock in a dramatic tiebreaker, 4-6, 7-6 (2), (11-9) in Day 1 of the tournament on Friday.

Rafael Nadal admitted that “a part of his life left” with Roger Federer when his great rival retired from tennis – with both players left an emotional wreck on court after the Swiss played ...