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ARCHIVE: Wimbledon, London – 4 July 2010
1. STILL of Spain’s Rafael Nadal kissing a trophy
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ARCHIVE: Flushing, New York – 28 August 2010
2. STILL of Nadal speaking during a US Open Media Day press conference
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ARCHIVE: Paris – 6 June 2010
3. STILL of Nadal reacting after defeating Sweden’s Robin Soderling during a men’s finals match for the French Open tennis tournament
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ARCHIVE: New York – 3 September 2004
4. STILL of Nadal reacting during his match with Andy Roddick, of the United States, at the U.S. Open tennis tournament
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ARCHIVE: Brno, Czech Republic – 8 February 2004
5. STILL of Nadal, center, celebrating with his teammates victory over Radek Stepanek from Czech Republic in their Davis Cup first round tennis match
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ARCHIVE: Brno, Czech Republic – 6 February 2004
6. STILL of Nadal serving a ball
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ARCHIVE: Paris – 11 October 2020
7. STILL of Nadal biting the trophy as he celebrates winning the final match of the French Open tennis tournament against Serbia’s Novak Djokovic in three sets
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ARCHIVE: Paris – 31 July 2024
8. STILL of Rafael Nadal, left, and Carlos Alcaraz of Spain
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ARCHIVE: London – 22 September 2022
9. STILL of left, Serbia’s Novak Djokovic, Switzerland’s Roger Federer and Spain’s Rafael Nadal attend a training session ahead of the Laver Cup tennis tournament
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ARCHIVE: London – 12 November 2017
10. STILL of Nadal holding a trophy after being presented with the ATP World No1 Award
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ARCHIVE: Madrid – 24 November 2019
11. STILL of Nadal, foreground, taking a selfie with fellow players and team staff posing with the trophy after Spain defeated Canada 2-0 to win the Davis Cup final
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ARCHIVE: Beijing – 6 October 2013
12. STILL of Novak Djokovic of Serbia, right, chatting with Rafael Nadal as they pose with their trophies after the final of the China Open tennis tournament
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ARCHIVE: Paris – 31 July 2024
13. STILL of Nadal waving
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ARCHIVE: Paris – 9 June 2013
14. STILL of Nadal kissing a trophy
STORYLINE:
Rafael Nadal is retiring from professional tennis at age 38, he announced in a video message Thursday, after winning 22 Grand Slam titles — 14 at the French Open — during an unprecedented era he shared with rivals Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic.
Nadal has competed infrequently the past two seasons because of injuries and said next month’s Davis Cup finals will mark his farewell to the sport. He had hip surgery in 2023 and entered just two of the past eight major tournaments.
“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,” Nadal said. “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.”
Nadal’s unrelenting, physical style of play — every point pursued as though it were his last, sprinting and sliding into place for that high-bouncing bullwhip of a lefty forehand — made him one of the greats of the game and the unquestioned King of Clay, the slow, red surface on which he dominated.
In a result that symbolized where things stood for his body, and career, he exited in the French Open’s first round this year, a straight-set loss to eventual runner-up Alexander Zverev.
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