Rafa!” and waving those red-and-yellow flags that had been scrunched up in their laps for most of the afternoon, Nadal somehow erased the entire deficit and pulled even at 4-4.

Rafael Nadal has a message for everything saying and writing that this will be his final French Open. “Don't assume that,” he told reporters with a grin ahead of the start of the tournament on ...

Rafael Nadal Says He Is ‘Close to Retirement,’ Talks Roger Federer Stepping Back from Professional Tennis Naomi Osaka Set to Make Post-Pregnancy Return to Tennis for 2024 Australian Open ...

Rafael Nadal ’s tennis career has long been an exercise in solving riddles, for him and for everyone else. There were the early days, of wondering whether someone really could play tennis like that.

And so it is for Rafael Nadal in this through-the-looking-glass spring. For years, no place felt more like home than a red clay court. He could lose matches sometimes. Everyone does.

Rafael Nadal’s superlative tennis career will be admired for achievements such as 22 Grand Slam titles, currently tied for the most by a man, and a record 14 French Open championships.

Rafael Nadal is retiring from tennis right on time By Matthew Futterman Oct. 11, 2024Updated Nov. 19, 2024 ...

With 14 French Open titles now to his name, the sporting world is running out of superlatives to describe Rafael Nadal. For one athlete to have so much success at a single event is wholly ...

Rafael Nadal didn’t say goodbye to Madrid in triumph, but he did leave the way we’ll remember him best: With a fight “It’s a difficult day, but my body is giving me a signal that I should ...

Images of Rafael Nadal making his way off the court with an injury have unfortunately become an all too familiar sight for tennis fans. Nadal’s defense of his Australian Open title came to a ...

Rafael Nadal, playing for a men’s record 21st Grand Slam singles title, will face Daniil Medvedev after both players won semifinal matches Friday at the Australian Open.