He also spent his entire career battling his own body, with Nadal’s injuries both acute and chronic carving the trajectory of ...

Nadal then propelled himself from world No. 199 to No. 49 in 2003, winning Challenger titles and matches at Masters 1000 ...

Rafael Nadal retired from professional tennis after the Davis Cup last week. One of the ‘Big Four’, the much-lauded Spanish ...

Tennis legend Rafael Nadal received a heartfelt farewell at the Davis Cup quarter-finals as he announced his retirement after ...

Rafael Nadal, the celebrated Spanish tennis player, has retired from professional tennis. Known for his dominance on clay courts, Nadal amassed 22 Grand Slam titles, including a record 14 French ...

In compiling a 112-4 record at Roland Garros, Nadal took clay-court tennis to new heights. Yes, there had been other superb lefthanders who’d combined topspin and fitness to win the title ...

Nadal's greatest rival was probably not across the net, but his own body. "The only question with Rafa is physically how much ...

Rafael Nadal bit his lower lip, his eyes scanning the stands as he stood alongside his Davis Cup teammates during Spain's ...

Nadal blew minds as to what was possible in tennis. Dominance on the most physically taxing surface of clay, conversion to all-court mastery, and enduring through injury not just to forge a decent, if ...

It is fitting that Nadal bade farewell to tennis on the stage that helped make ... He won 24 straight matches during the clay court season, breaking Andre Agassi’s Open Era record for most ...