22-time Grand Slam winner Rafael Nadal announces retirement from professional tennis
Nadal, the Wimbledon champion in 2008 and 2010, has struggled with various injuries over the last couple of years.
“The reality is that it has been some difficult years, the last two especially. I don’t think I have been able to play without limitations.”
“It is obviously a difficult decision, one that has taken me some time to make. But in this life everything has a beginning and an end.”