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Spain's Rafael Nadal acknowledges the crowd after he was defeated by Spain's Carlos Alcaraz during their semi-final tennis match in the "6 Kings Slam" exhibition tournament in Riyadh on October 17, 2024. Fayez Nureldine, AFP/File

Spain's Rafael Nadal acknowledges the crowd after he was defeated by Spain's Carlos Alcaraz during their semi-final tennis match in the "6 Kings Slam" exhibition tournament in Riyadh on October 17, 2024. (Photo by Fayez NURELDINE / AFP)

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Tennis: 6 Kings Slam exhibition tournament

Agence France-Presse

<div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1745295735431AFP__20241017__36KC4RH__v1__Preview__Tennis6KingsSlamExhibitionTournament.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Spain&#x27;s Rafael Nadal acknowledges the crowd after he was defeated by Spain&#x27;s Carlos Alcaraz during their semi-final tennis match in the &quot;6 Kings Slam&quot; exhibition tournament in Riyadh on October 17, 2024. Fayez Nureldine, AFP/File"/>Spain&#x27;s Rafael Nadal acknowledges the crowd after he was defeated by Spain&#x27;s Carlos Alcaraz during their semi-final tennis match in the &quot;6 Kings Slam&quot; exhibition tournament in Riyadh on October 17, 2024. Fayez Nureldine, AFP/File</div>MADRID, Spain -- Rafael Nadal insisted on Monday that he doesn&#x27;t &quot;miss tennis&quot; after being honoured with a Sporting Icon award at the Laureus World Sport Awards in Madrid.The 38-year-old Spaniard, winner of 22 Grand Slam trophies, including 14 at Roland Garros, retired from the sport after his final match at the Davis Cup in Malaga in November.&quot;The truth is that I don&#x27;t miss tennis. Zero. I don&#x27;t miss it at all,&quot; Nadal told reporters.&quot;But not because I finished tired of tennis or fighting against tennis, not at all.&quot;I finished my career happy and if I could have, I would have carried on, because I loved what I was doing.&quot;It was my passion and that&#x27;s been the case all my life. It&#x27;s just that when you realise that physically you can&#x27;t do it any more... you try to close that chapter. And I closed it.&quot;<div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/sports/othersports/2024/11/21/watch-rafa-nadals-emotional-farewell-to-tennis-1813">WATCH: Rafa Nadal&#x27;s emotional farewell to tennis</a></div>Nadal suffered numerous injuries during his career but resisted retiring as long as possible.&quot;I delayed making my final decision because I needed time to be sure it was the right one.&quot;What would have been hard was sitting on my sofa wondering if I should keep trying to play.&quot;When I saw that my body wasn&#x27;t going to recover to the level I needed to continue enjoying myself on court, then I made the decision to stop.&quot;That&#x27;s why I don&#x27;t miss it,&quot; Nadal added. &quot;Because I finished with the peace of mind of knowing that I&#x27;d given it my all, and that my body couldn&#x27;t give any more.&quot;<div>© Agence France-Presse</div>

Rafael Nadal insisted on Monday that he doesn't "miss tennis" after being honoured with a Sporting Icon award at the Laureus World Sport Awards in Madrid.

Rafael Nadal insisted on Monday that he doesn't "miss tennis" after being honoured with a Sporting Icon award at the Laureus World Sport Awards in Madrid.

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'I don't miss tennis,' says Nadal

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Published April 22, 2025 12:23 PM PHT

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