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Rafael Nadal, who won 22 Grand Slams, has retired from tennis. He played his last Davis Cup match of his career in his home ground of Málaga on Tuesday, although he lost it. She was defeated by 80th-ranked Botik Van de Zidschulp of the Netherlands 6-4, 6-4. Nadal has lost in Davis Cup after winning 29 consecutive matches.
The 38-year-old legend was bid farewell in an emotional video at the Martin Carpena Arena. He said-
I am leaving tennis with peace of mind. I am glad that I have left a legacy, which is not just a sporting one, but a personal legacy. I think the love I have received would not have been the same if it had only happened on the court.
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Rafael Nadal became emotional during the last match of his career.
Rafael Nadal greeting the fans during the match against Jadschulp of Netherlands.
After the match, a farewell program was organized in Nadal’s honour. He expressed his views in front of the fans.
gave credit for success to his uncle Nadal credited many people at the ceremony held to honor his retirement. He took the name of his uncle Tony Nadal. Tony inspired Nadal to play tennis. He also trained Nadal. Nadal said-
For me, titles are numbers. The boy from a small village in Majorca is a wonderful human being. I was lucky that, when I was a small child, my uncle was a tennis coach in my village. I had a great family who supported me in every moment.
Nadal is the second player to win the most Grand Slams. Nadal is the second player to win the most Grand Slams in men’s singles. Nadal has won 22 titles. In terms of winning the most Grand Slams, Serbia’s Novak Djokovic has won 24 Grand Slam titles so far. Only 4 years ago, Switzerland’s great tennis player Roger Federer retired. Now Nadal has also said goodbye to the game. Federer had won 20 Grand Slam titles.
Famous as ‘King of Red Gravel’ Nadal is the men’s player to have won the French Open title the maximum number of times, 14 times. That’s why Nadal is called the king of red gravel. The French Open is played on clay courts i.e. courts made of red gravel.
Participated in French Open 18 times, won 112 matches, lost only 4 Nadal, known as the king of red gravel, had created history by winning the French Open title for the 14th time in the year 2022. When Nadal won the trophy in 2022 at the age of 36, he became the oldest champion in the history of the tournament. Nadal has won 112 matches while participating in the French Open 19 times and has faced defeat only 4 times, which is a world record in men’s and women’s category in any one Grand Slam.
Nadal has also won the Golden Slam Nadal has also won the Golden Slam. He is among the three men’s players in the world to win the Golden Slam. Nadal completed the Golden Slam by winning the gold medal in the Beijing Olympics in 2008. Golden Slam means the player who wins all four Grand Slams and Olympic gold. That is, the player who has become the Olympic champion along with Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon, US Open.
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