Naomi Osaka has had an exhausting week on clay, but she found a way to be her jovial self with a light-hearted tribute to Rafael Nadal following her recent title win in Saint-Malo, France. The ...

The sun beats down on the blood-orange court at Philippe-Chatrie, as 14-time French Open champion Rafael Nadal steps up to the line for a serve. He sweeps the baseline before clearing the clay off the ...

Roger Federer has penned an emotional tribute to Rafael Nadal, joking that he “secretly loved” his long-time rival’s rituals, including “assembling water bottles like toy soldiers” and adjusting his ...

When Rafael Nadal retires from professional tennis next month, the sport will lose a few things. It will lose a powerful athlete whose explosions on the court were always about sending tennis ...

Forty-five minutes before he steps onto the court, Rafael Nadal must take a frigid shower. "It’s the point before the point of no return," he says. “Under the cold shower, I enter a new space in which ...

Roger Federer says Rafael Nadal made him “enjoy the game even more” as the Spaniard retires from tennis at the Davis Cup in Malaga, Spain this week. Federer, who retired alongside Nadal at the 2022 ...