The tennis star has won the Roland Garros title a record 14 times.
Rafael Nadal declined to say that this year's tournament at Roland Garros would be his last just a day before his
Nadal, who has missed much of the 2024 tennis calendar due to an injury that forced him to withdraw from the Australian Open in January,multiple times that he will retire from the ATP Tour after this year, but, pushed back when asked if this will be a farewell appearance at Roland Garros while"Don't assume that," Nadal said with a smile. "It's a big, big chance that it's going to be my last Roland Garros.
Nadal has been limited to just six tournaments in the last two years, as a hip injury forced him to miss extended time and even had the soon-to-be 38-year-old pondering retirement during the extended layoff. But Nadal, who won five matches at clay court tournaments in Barcelona, Madrid and Rome, seems to be in good shape heading into Roland Garros.
World No. 5 Daniil Medvedev, speaking to reporters in Paris on Friday, said he played a practice set against Nadal and noted that the Spaniard "If so, there's a chance it might not be the last time Nadal steps onto the red clay at Roland Garros, after all.
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