Rafael Nadal says he is at peace with his efforts as he prepares to end his legendary career at the Davis Cup finals in Málaga this week
Rafael Nadal says he is at peace as the Spaniard prepares to end his legendary career at the Davis Cup finals in Málaga this week.
This has been a sobering final season for the 22-time grand slam champion. Having returned from hip surgery in January, Nadal’s hopes of a successful comeback did not materialise, and last month“If I have to explain the struggle I have had with my body throughout my career, it is not an explanation that will last five minutes,” Nadal said, laughing. “I have had several episodes in my career that have complicated my activity, but I have overcome them.
“I no longer have windows that allow me to train or compete at 100%. And that is one , but apart from that I have all the others that have not gone away and that are also limiting me. In other words, it is a cocktail that makes me, as many other athletes, have to stop. I see it as something logical for someone who has been working the way I have worked since I was seven or eight years old.”
“I am not here to retire. I’m here to try to help the team,” said Nadal. “Then it’s of course going to be my last week on the professional tour, but at the end, we are here in a team competition. The most important thing is to try to help the team and to stay all focused on what we have to do, that is play tennis and do it very well, no?”
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