Rafael Nadal has already announced his retirement from tennis and the Davis Cup slated to be played next month in November will be his last appearance on the court as an active tennis professional.
Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic will clash against each other in the men's singles meet for the 61st time and probably for the last meeting on Saturday night. The legendary duo will fight one last battle at the 6 Kings Slam tournament in Riyadh.
Rafael Nadal was comprehensively beaten 6-3, 6-3 in his first match at the ongoing Six Kings Slam whereas Novak Djokovic lost at the hands of Jannik Sinner 2-6, 7-6 and 4-6. The winner of the tournament will fetch a prize money of $6 million.
6 Kings Slam live streaming: The 22-time Grand Slam winner Rafael Nadal and his legendary foe Novak Djokovic will take on the top-ranked stars Carlos Alcaraz, Jannik Sinner, Daniil Medvedev and Holger Rune in the Six Kings Slam tennis tournament in Riyadh starting on October 16.
The retiring veteran Rafael Nadal is set to feature in the last individual tournament of his illustrious career at the 6 Kings Slam in Riyadh starting on Wednesday, October 16. The Spaniard will play the winner between Holger Rune and Carlos Alcaraz in the semi-final clash on Thursday.
The world No.1 Jannik Sinner became the first player to equal Rafael Nadal's winning streak against Novak Djokovic from the 2013 season with his third successive win over the Serbian legend and his seventh overall in the 2024 season.
With 22 Grand Slam titles, including a record 14 at Roland-Garros, the legendary Spaniard announced his retirement from professional tennis at the end of the 2024 season. As the world bids farewell to the favourite son of tennis, let's revisit the dazzling career of the King of Clay.
"Your tenacity, dedication, fighting spirit is going to be taught for decades. Your legacy will live forever. Only you know what you had to endure to become icon of tennis and sport in general," tennis legend said in his post for retiring Rafael Nadal.
The 20-time Grand Slam winner Roger Federer penned an emotional note after his former rival Rafael Nadal announced his retirement from professional tennis on Thursday. Sporting legends Cristiano Ronaldo and Andres Iniesta also replied to Nadal's retirement post on Instagram.
Rafael Nadal has confirmed that he will retire from professional Tennis at the end of this season. He will play his final match for Spain in the Davis Cup finals against the Netherlands in Malaga next month. Nadal is a 22-time Grand Slam Champion and is famously known as 'King of Clay'.
“I have so many great, emotional memories from playing Laver Cup and I was really looking forward to being with my teammates and with Bjorn in his final year as Captain. I wish Team Europe the very best of luck and will be cheering them on from afar,” Nadal said.
Carlos Alcaraz and Rafael Nadal crashed out of the men's doubles competition after suffering an excruciating loss at the hands of the fourth-seeded American duo of Austin Krajicek and Rajeev Ram.
Two of the greatest tennis players - Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic - will lock horns against each other in the second round of the Paris Olympics 2024. The loser of this encounter will be knocked out of the Games and it is expected to be an enthralling clash.
The two-time Olympic medalist Rafael Nadal kicked off his Paris Olympics 2024 men's singles campaign with an impressive 6-1, 4-6, 6-4 win over Hungary's Marton Fucsovics in the first round on Sunday and will next face Novak Djokovic in the second round fixture on Tuesday.
Paris delivered an unprecedented opening ceremony event to kick off the 33rd Summer Olympics with a floating Parade of Nations, music and dance performances for star singers Lady Gaga and Aya Nakamura, and cultural displays through various events at the Seine River.
The world no.2 Novak Djokovic is drawn against Australia's Matthew Ebden in the men's singles first round and could potentially face the 22-time Grand Slam winner and two-time Olympics medalist Rafael Nadal in the second round.
The Indian women's cricket team is all set to clash with UAE in their second game of the ongoing Asia Cup on Sunday in Dambulla. On the other hand, Rafael Nadal is geared up to lock horns with Nuno Borges of Portugal in the final of the Nordea Open. All of that and much more in today's sports wrap.
"It’s for this reason (Olympics) that I will miss playing at the Championships this year at Wimbledon. I am saddened not to be able to live this year the great atmosphere of that amazing event that will always be in my heart," Rafael Nadal said.
Rafael Nadal boasts a record 14 French Open titles while the in-form Carlos Alcaraz claimed his maiden title last week to become the only seventh Spanish tennis player to win the men's singles title at Roland-Garros.
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