❖ Spain’s tennis player Rafael Nadal has announced his retirement from the professional tennis.

❖ Nadal has won 22-grand slam singles title and a record 14 French Open titles.

❖ A five-time year-end world number one, he remained in the ATP top 10 for an incredible 17 years, from 2005 until March 2024.

❖ During his peak years, he spent 209 weeks ranked as the world’s top player.

❖ He won at least one title every year from 2004 to 2022.