Rafael Nadal has confirmed that he will retire from professional tennis after the Davis Cup Finals in Malaga, Spain this November.
“The reality is that it has been some difficult years, these last two especially. I don’t think I have been able to play without limitations,” the 38-year-old said in a video released Thursday, October 10.
“It is obviously a difficult decision and one that has taken me some time to make. But in this life, everything has a beginning and an end.”
“I feel super, super lucky for all the things I have experienced. I want to thank the tennis industry and everyone in the sport: my long-term colleagues, especially my great rivals,” the Spaniard added.
“I think it is the appropriate time to put an end to a career that has been long and much more successful than I could ever have imagined.”
“The reality is that it has been some difficult years, these last two especially. I don’t think I have been able to play without limitations,” the 38-year-old said in a video released Thursday, October 10.
“It is obviously a difficult decision and one that has taken me some time to make. But in this life, everything has a beginning and an end.”
“I feel super, super lucky for all the things I have experienced. I want to thank the tennis industry and everyone in the sport: my long-term colleagues, especially my great rivals,” the Spaniard added.
“I think it is the appropriate time to put an end to a career that has been long and much more successful than I could ever have imagined.”