Roger Federer dedicates emotional letter to Rafa Nadal before his last Davis Cup
Roger Federer dedicated an emotional letter to Nadal. Photo: AFP A few hours before the start in Malaga of the Final 8 of the Davis Cupthe last tournament as a professional of Rafael Nadal, his historic rival Roger Federer He paid tribute to him with a long and emotional letter on social networks: “You have […]
“I tried to be a good person,” breathes Nadal at farewell time
Emotions were high during the tribute ceremony to the man with 14 titles at Roland-Garros. A tennis legend has bowed out. The defeat of Spain in doubles having precipitated his retirement. Alone in the middle of the court, and acclaimed by his audience to the sound of “Rafa, Rafa”the former world number one first held […]
End of Nadal’s career: Adios in Malaga – Sport
After midnight, the audience in the arena in Malaga rose to congratulate Rafael Nadal – not on a victory, it was no longer enough. But at the end of a great career. He had lost his 1,307th professional match earlier in the evening, 4:6, 4:6 in the first singles of the Davis Cup against Botic […]
Roger Federer dedicates emotional letter to Rafa Nadal: “I thought I was on top of the world until you arrived”
EFE.- The Swiss Roger Federerrival on the slopes of Rafa Nadalpublished a carta on their social networks to praise the Spanish tennis player, of whom he said that his emergence twenty years ago took him off the pedestal in which he thought he felt after reaching the number one and with whose style he made […]
“To your water bottles…” Roger Federer becomes emotional on the retirement of ‘King of Clay’ Rafael Nadal
Swiss tennis great Roger Federer has written an emotional letter regarding the retirement of his close friend Rafael Nadal. Spain’s great player Rafael is preparing to bid farewell to tennis through the Davis Cup finals to be held in front of the home crowd on Tuesday. Nadal, who is known for his dominance on the […]
Rafael Nadal loses the first singles for Spain against the Netherlands – Libération
It could be the last match of the career of the Spaniard, winner of 22 Grand Slams, if his compatriots Alcaraz and Granollers lose the decisive doubles in the evening. On the verge of retiring at the end of the Davis Cup, tennis legend Rafael Nadal lost the first match of Spain’s quarter-final against the […]
Tennis: Rafael Nadal loses perhaps his last game – Sport
Rafael Nadal has clearly lost what may have been the last game of his impressive tennis career. The 22-time Grand Slam tournament winner had to admit defeat 4:6, 4:6 in the quarterfinals against Botic van de Zandschulp from the Netherlands at the Davis Cup final tournament in Malaga and was never able to return to […]
Rafael Nadal beaten for his potential last match – rts.ch
Rafael Nadal (ATP 154) may have lost the last match of his career in the Davis Cup quarter-finals. The 38-year-old Spaniard lost 6-4 6-4 in Malaga against the Dutchman Botic van de Zandschulp (ATP 80), who brought the first point to his country. Facing the Dutchman, “Rafa” was level for a long time before losing […]
“You have made the world of tennis proud”, greets Roger Federer in a letter
A letter from one legend to another. This Tuesday, November 19, a few hours before a duel in Davis Cup which could be Rafael Nadal’s last professional match, his great historical rival Roger Federer judged Tuesday on Majorcan had “made the entire tennis world proud”. “You made me work harder than I ever imagined (…) […]
LIVE – Davis Cup: balanced first set between Nadal and Van de Zandschulp
For the last tournament of his long career, the living legend Rafael Nadal should play the first singles of the quarter-final against the Dutch Botic van de Zandschulp (29 years old, 80e global). The king of Roland6Garros leads 2 to 0 in his confrontations with the Batavian. He won each time, without conceding a single […]