Rafael Nadal’s retirement after farewell match: Disappointing news emerged for tennis fans on Tuesday (November 19). Rafael Nadal, 22-time Grand Slam champion, played the last match of his career, in which he lost. With this his career is over.
We told you that Nadal had announced his retirement in October of last month. He had said that this would be his last Davis Cup match. On Tuesday he faced 80th-ranked Botic van de Zandschulp in singles.
Dutt’s player Botic gave tough competition to Nadal from the beginning of this match. He defeated Nadal by a 6-4 margin in the first set. Also in the second set, Botic had taken a 5-4 lead, but Nadal came back and scored 4-3. But he couldn’t win this set either. Botik won the second set also 6-4 and won the match.
Federer had retired only 4 years ago
Four years ago, Swiss tennis great Roger Federer retired. Now Nadal has also said goodbye to the game. Federer had won 20 Grand Slam titles. Nadal is second on this list.
Male players who have won the most Grand Slams
24 – Novak Djokovic
22-Rafael Nadal
20-Roger Federer
14 – Pete Sampras
12-Roy Emerson
Nadal had announced it through a video message
Nadal had announced his retirement through social networks. He also shared a post on Instagram. In it he talked about his recent struggles and the physical impact sports have had on his body.
Nadal had said: ‘I am very excited that my last tournament will be the Davis Cup final, in which I will represent the country. I think that after the joy of my first victory as a professional tennis player, I have reached the last stage of the full circle. The Davis Cup final was played in 2004. I consider myself super super lucky to have experienced so much.
