Rafael Nadal on Thursday withdrew from the French Open and announced that 2024 will likely be his last season in tennis after a career which has brought him 22 Grand Slam titles. | Sport24news
and announced that 2024 will likely be his last season in tennis after a career which has brought him 22 Grand Slam titles.Nadal bt Mariano Puerta 6-7 , 6-3, 6-1, 7-5Nadal came in as an 18-year-old left-hander on the rise, with a huge top-spin forehand and expectations to match.
Federer clawed back a two-set deficit and saved two match points in the fourth set to take it the distance. Nadal's incredible feat of recovery and stamina delayed Federer from tying Pete Sampras's then record of 14 Grand Slam titles, and also gave Nadal his first Australian Open.One of four Australian Open final defeats for Nadal, but a true epic that will be forever etched in the memory.
The pair traded brutal blows all night - one energy-draining 31-shot rally caused Djokovic to fall at the end and Nadal to tumble over the sidelines.During the trophy presentation, both players needed to sit down. They were totally exhausted.Nadal had seven months out to rest his creaking, injured knees, missing the 2012 US Open and 2013 Australian Open. But he took the world of tennis by storm on his return.
Both Nadal and Federer were coming off long injury layoffs in their first meeting in a Grand Slam final since the French Open in 2011 and the ninth in their careers.
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