In the years that followed, Nadal worked to improve his all-court game and his serve, and his results away from clay improved ...

Rafael Nadal was just 18 — and yet to win a Grand Slam title — when he first moved into the top 10 of the ATP rankings on ...

Rafael Nadal bit his lower lip and his reddened eyes welled with tears as he stood alongside his Davis Cup teammates for Spain's national anthem Tuesday before what he — and everyone — knew might be ...

MALAGA, Spain — Rafael Nadal's remarkable tennis career came to end on Tuesday and he heads into retirement after Spain lost ...

MALAGA, Spain -- Rafael Nadal bit his lower lip and his reddened eyes welled with tears as he stood alongside his Davis Cup ...

Another fortunate factor that aided Nadal’s growth was the presence of a world class player in his orbit. A fellow Mallorca resident, Carlos Moya, won Roland Garros in 1998, the same month Nadal ...

The Spaniard had already won 16 ATP titles, including his Roland-Garros debut in 2005 ... 2009, 2011 and 2019). If Roger Federer played tennis like he’d invented the game, and Novak Djokovic plays ...

Nadal won 22 Grand Slam titles in his career and retires as one of the greatest men's tennis players of all time.