For years, cameras have scrutinized his every move: his carefully aligned bottles, his pulled-up shorts, or his hair being fixed. Asked about this in an interview for Movistar+, Rafa Nadal said this: ...

The sun beats down on the blood-orange court at Philippe-Chatrie, as 14-time French Open champion Rafael Nadal steps up to the line for a serve. He sweeps the baseline before clearing the clay off the ...

Roger Federer has penned an emotional tribute to Rafael Nadal, joking that he “secretly loved” his long-time rival’s rituals, including “assembling water bottles like toy soldiers” and adjusting his ...

Every sport has its own little quirks and oddities (I’m still not clear on why a football field is technically called a “gridiron”), but tennis might rank among the strangest. From the illogical ...

Rafael Nadal brought the curtain down on one of the greatest careers in sports history as Spain were knocked out of the 2024 Davis Cup on home soil by the Netherlands on Tuesday. The 38-year-old lost ...