The Spanish legend hasn’t played a lot of tennis this year, even though he has repeatedly attempted to do so. He started with the Australian Open warm-up in January, followed by the Netflix Slam exhibition in Las Vegas and then the Madrid-Rome swing in May.
He was a bit unlucky at Roland Garros, drawing Alexander Zverev in the first round. He played a decent match, but that wasn’t enough to overcome Zverev, which ended his Roland Garros campaign in the first round.
Nadal got a do-over at the Paris Olympics since this year’s Olympics were played on the Roland Garros courts, and it wasn’t the worst experience for him.
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He played well with Carlos Alcaraz in the doubles, even though they fell short of the medal rounds. He was again very unlucky with the singles draw as he drew Novak Djokovic already in the second round.
While tennis lovers enjoyed that match, it meant the end for Nadal in the second round of the Olympics, which was a bit unfortunate for him. He had hoped to do better than that, but there were some positive signs in that match against Djokovic.
In the second set, Nadal almost staged an inspired comeback before eventually losing. In a recent interview with El Hormiguero, Nadal was asked about his career and any potential retirement.
As always, the Spaniard wasn’t decisive in his response. He admitted that he doesn’t like being asked about his retirement because, as he has always said, he will let everybody know once he knows.
