Rafael Nadal Gives Massive Update On Davis Cup: Will Tennis Great Play His Farewell Game?

Rafael Nadal, the 22-time Grand Slam champion, had announced that he will retire from tennis after the Davis Cup. However, in a recent update, the Spaniard stated that he is ready to skip singles matches at the Davis Cup finals in Malaga if he feels he is not good enough to help Spain succeed in his farewell tournament.“I’ll try to prepare as best as possible so I can be available to play, but I want to help anyway I can, playing or not playing,” the 38-year-old Nadal said on Saturday from Malaga in an interview published by the Spanish tennis federation.“First we have to see how I’m feeling in training. If I really don’t see myself ready to have a chance of winning in singles, I’ll be the first who won’t want to play,” he said.“I have already told (Spain captain David Ferrer) on many occasions not to make any decision based on the fact that this is my last week as a professional tennis player,” Nadal added. “The team comes first, and he should not be affected in the slightest by any hype that may come along because of me. He has to do what is best for the team and that is what I want,” he said before adding, "I'm more than grateful with everything that has happened to me in all these years. I obviously would like for the team to do well and for me to have the chance to win another Davis Cup, whether by playing or cheering from the stands. I'd like to enjoy this week and close a very beautiful and very long cycle of my life ... accepting that everything has a beginning and an end.”Rafael Nadal helped Spain win the Davis Cup in 2004, 2008, 2009, 2011 and 2019.