‘Everything has a beginning and an end’: Rafael Nadal announces retirement

King of Clay and 22-time Grand Slam winner Rafael Nadal has announced his retirement from tennis at the age of 38. Nadal won the French Open a record 14 times and is second only to Novak Djokovic for most Grand Slams. “I am retiring from professional tennis,” the Spaniard said in a video released on social media.

“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. “It is obviously a difficult decision, one that has taken me some time to make, but in this life, everything has a beginning and an end.



” Along with Djokovic and Roger Federer, Nadal was part of the so-called Big Three of men’s tennis who dominated the game for more than a decade. He follows Britain’s Andy Murray in retiring from tennis this year . Federer hung up his racket in 2022.

Fittingly, Nadal won the last of his Grand Slams at the French Open in 2022. More follows..