Rafael Nadal retires at 38

[King Poetic]

Had a great career

 

[Theflash]

 

[BlackAchilles]

His record at Roland Garros is an all time all sports feat

Glad he's finally doing the right thing cause he was lowkey starting to embarrass himself trying to act like he's not

Time to embrace the #1 low cut, go home and be a family man

 

[premier58]

Amazing, amazing athlete. Dude was Must See TV!! I cannot believe is career went by so fast. It seemed like yesterday that he was the young phenom. Salute!!

 

[UpAndComing]

As a life long Federer fan, shout out to the legend Nadal on a great career

 

[Jean toomer]

I used to hate the guy with a passion particularly for introducing the goofy capri pants and tank top style

Wimbledon 08 was the greatest tennis match I ever saw. Nadal was the greatest competitor I ever saw.
I doubt we see his likes again. Extraordinary talent.

 

[jdubnyce]

Sorderling beating him in the 2009 French open is a top 10 upset in the history of sports

Like Buster Douglas type shyt

Great career

 

[DrexlersFade]

Salute to the legend as a Federer Stan you know what it is but major props for a GOAT career.

 

[True Blue Moon]

Happy retirement to the gawd

 

[Rev Leon Lonnie Love]

Thought he is older than that

 

[Formerly known as...]

Incredible career. So many dope highlights

 

[Cryptocurrency Scarface]

The Rafa Federer Murray Djokovic Era of tennis is ending

 

[DraymondT]

Rafa on clay is as dominant as any athlete has probably ever been



4 RG wins without losin a set, only pushed to 5 sets 3 times in 116 matches and 17 years apart from first and last title

That last loss he was damn near crippled and still almost won a set against Zverev who lost in 5 to Carlos in final

He really only lost while healthy against Djokovic twice a top 3 clay player ever either 2 or 3 wit Borg and Soderling which was some Buster Douglas KOing Mike Tyson historical upset

 

[Mac Milli]

I still remember watching his debut. Time really flies...

 

[Liu Kang]

Sorderling beating him in the 2009 French open is a top 10 upset in the history of sports

Yeah I remember that Soderling L. I still have that pink Nike jersey, at the time, I was a fierce Nadal stan lol

Before 2009, the French crowd still vastly prefered Fed and was a bit ambivalent with Nadal. He was respected but it was obvious he wasn't liked like that because he was TOO dominant even when his knees were shaky (which they were in '09)

And during the first set, the crowd started a bit empty and filled up as Soderling was beating Rafa bad. You could sense the crowd wanting him to lose so Fed could get the GS he was lacking.

I spent that whole remaining '09 French Open hate watching. That's actually when I began a Delpo fan because he was giving Fed that work in the first 3 sets