Rafael Nadal, who has hinted he will announce his retirement following the 2024 season, said goodbye to tennis fans at the Italian Open in Rome following his loss to Hubert Hurkacz on Saturday.
10-time Italian Open champion Rafael Nadal said goodbye to fans at Rome for likely the final time in his storied tennis career following his loss to world No. 9 Hubert Hurkacz at Center Court on Saturday.
The 37-year-old Nadal had few answers for the powerful game of Hurkacz, who fired nine aces, 22 winners and won 83 percent of his first-serve points in the straight-set victory. "One is to say, 'OK, I am not ready, I am not playing enough well,'" Nadal said. "Another is accept how I am today and work the proper way to try to be in a different way in two weeks."
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