Toni Nadal commented on his nephew's decision to end his career, explaining Rafa's plan. The legend wished to embrace one last push on his beloved clay this spring. It ended with one small ATP final and early defeats at Roland Garros and the Olympic Games.

The tennis world will bid him goodbye at the Davis Cup final in November, where he teams up with his protege, Carlos Alcaraz, to represent his country before hanging up his racket for good.

Rafael Nadal's uncle Toni has admitted the 14-time French Open winner did not want to retire at the end of this season.

The Swiss tennis player paid tribute to Rafa Nadal after he announced his retirement, both men having one of the great rivalries.

Rafael Nadal will play his final tournament while representing Spain in the Davis Cup in November. He played in only 23 matches the past two years.

Grand Slam winner Rafael Nadal told 60 Minutes in 2019: "When I retire, I think fortunately there are many things in my life that will make me happy."

Toni Nadal has proclaimed that Rafael Nadal could have missed out on “five or six Grand Slam titles” if he decided to withdraw every time he had physical problems. The uncle and former coach of Nadal divulged that the Spanish legend was unable to finish 90% of his training sessions during his career due to injuries.

Rafael Nadal will bid farewell to professional tennis at the Davis Cup finals in Malaga, but the Spaniard will forever be synonymous with the French Open and Roland-Garros

Carlos Moya admits it will take him a while to get over Rafael Nadal’s retirement as he opened up about the moment that the Spaniard realised he was ready to retire. The two former world No 1s first became friends when they were playing junior tennis in Spain,