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 | Rafael Nadal: I don’t regret leaving tennis – by the end of my career the tank was already empty5-03-2026 |
Rafael Nadal: I don’t regret retiring. 22-time Grand Slam champion Rafael Nadal explained why he does not regret leaving tennis. The Spaniard retired a year ago at the Davis Cup.
Tennis was something I was completely dedicated to. I came to the final point prepared - I considered all the realistic options that could allow me to continue at the level I wanted. This is what gave me inner peace and confidence to complete everything without regrets. The tank was already empty.
About today`s involvement in tennis
I played 45 minutes with Alexandra Eala - I was asked to come onto the court, and I gladly agreed. If you don`t need to run, great. Through the academy, I am still in tennis, watching what I want. But I don’t follow it on a daily basis like I used to.
About what can only be experienced in sports
I have found peace - in the sense that there is no longer that daily responsibility to show results. Sometimes trying to perform in the wrong conditions wears you down as a person and you stop being as happy as you should be. The bad part is that an incredibly vibrant, emotional chapter of my life has ended.
The thing that I truly lived for is gone – wrestling at the highest level. This adrenaline stays with you forever. It can be replaced by other things, sometimes even better ones, but what the sport gives is very difficult to find anywhere else, ” Nadal said in the Universo Valdano program on Movistar+
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