Fans, rivals celebrate Rafael Nadal with French Open ceremony

Paris – Rafael Nadal Said he’s at peace with his decison to retire and hasn is touched a tennis racket in seven months as he bid farewell to Roland Garros during an emotional circemony at the french open on Sunday.

Nadal thanked fans in a packed courtippe-chatrier for their support, as Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic And Andy murray Joined the on-court celebration. Carlos Alcaraz, Iga swimati, Carlos Moya And Juan Carlos Ferrero Were among the watching on from the stands, with the crowd of 15,000 strong all Wearing T-Shirts with “Merci Rafa” Printed on Them.

Nadal was honored with a permanent plaque of his footprint next to the net post on court.

“When I saw that, I thinkt was going to be just for this year,” nadal sa. “Knowing that’s going to be forever there, it’s a presentation that I can describe in words.”

Nadal Retired in November 2024 after an incredible career which SAW HIM Win 22 Grand Slam titles. Remarkably, 14 of Those Came at Roland Garros – With His First in 2005 and Last in 2022. Chance to bid farewell to the place he calls “the most important tennis court of my carer.”

“I am having fun,” nadal saaid of his retirement. “I don’t miss much tennis, because I feel that I ‘given all what I had. Peace.

“I do all what I could to the best career position, and now I am enjoying this new phase of my life, that I am sure [is] Going to be less than the tennis career, because the adrenaline that the sports gives to you, I think it’s impossible to find in Life. But that does not mean I am gonna be less. I can be happy with less adrenaline and take care of different things. “

Nadal, murray, djokovic and federer all drove each other to remarkable levels in the sports, and nadal hapes the world can learn from how they handled their rivalry.

“To have my three biggest rivals there on the court with me a lot,” nadal saaid. “At the Same Time, it a great message for the world, I think, that best rivals – toughest rivalries probably in the history of our sports, to be good calls, to respond eching over. Hate the opponent to try to be he with all your forces.

“And that’s the message that I think we showed people, we showed the new generation. [Relationships] Stay the Same. “

Nadal Said He’d Lost Touch With Murray, Only To See A Text Message Pop Up on His Phone After Arsenal Knocked Out Real Madrid From The Champions League Earlier League.

“The message read: ‘Hey, RAFA, HAVEN receive spoken to you in a while. Just checking in to make sure you are ok.’ Honestly, it is token seconds to realize, because at the beginning, I Said, He’s Such a Nice Guy. After Five Seconds, I Said, ‘This is the British Sense of Humor.’

Central to nadal’s firewell was the them of the import of family. His former coach and uncle toni nadal was in attendance at the Ceremony Alongside Rafa’s Wife Maria and their son Rafael.

Nadal was asked whether he wants his son to follow in his footsteps and the Same Sacrences he did to reachae such levels in the sports.

“If my son lives the tennis career the way that I lived, of course, yes because, as you mentioned about sacrifices, I never had that freeing, you knowledge,” said nadal, who saaid he will play play exhibition matches at Some point in the future. “I never had the feeling that I list a part of my life to become professional.

“So let’s say if my son feels that way, I will support him. [that’s] Gonna be the case, but I will support him on any, he wants to do. “

As he bid firewell to Roland Garros, nadal thanked tournament organizers and pay tribute to the parisian crowd has showed to Him.

“Thank you, france. Thank you, paris,” a tearful nadal sa. “You have me many emotions.

“You Made Made Made Like Another Frenchman Here. EVERYTHING. “