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Rafael Nadal adjusts his cap during practise<\/p>\n

Rafael Nadal has refused to rule out taking up a coaching role in retirement, saying he would \u201cnever say never\u201d to that as a potential pathway.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nadal retired at the Davis Cup Finals in Malaga last month, ending a two-decade-long career as Spain lost to the Netherlands in their quarter-final encounter.<\/p>\n

The 38-year-old is one of the most decorated players in tennis history, winning 22 Grand Slam singles titles and spending 209 weeks as the ATP world No 1.<\/p>\n

The Spaniard has not revealed any set plans for his life post-retirement, with many intrigued as to what moves he could make in future.<\/p>\n

This past week Nadal was in Jeddah, spending time at the Next Gen ATP Finals and offering advice to the rising stars in action at the event.<\/p>\n

Many have pondered whether he would consider becoming a tennis \u2018super coach\u2019 in the future, joining an array of former world No 1\u2019s who returned to the sport in a coaching capacity.<\/p>\n

And, speaking in Jeddah, the 14-time French Open winner refused to discount the possibility,<\/p>\n

\u201cYou never say never,\u201d said Nadal, in quotes reported by Arab News.<\/p>\n

\u201cToday it\u2019s too early to think about this kind of stuff. I just need to organize my life. Now I don\u2019t see myself in any project like this, but I don\u2019t know how life is going to be in one, two, three years.\u201d<\/p>\n

ATP Tour News<\/h2>\n

Jannik Sinner labelled \u2018overwhelming favourite\u2019 for Australian Open as \u2018weak\u2019 players slammed by former world No 1<\/p>\n

\u2018Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray are not really close friends \u2013 the relationship will be difficult\u2019<\/p>\n

One certain thing is that Nadal\u2019s career and retirement will be profiled in a highly-publicised Netflix documentary set to be released in 2025.<\/p>\n

And even the Spaniard admits he is \u201cexcited\u201d to see what will be explored in the documentary.<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cI think it\u2019s going to be something interesting, that people are going to know more about my personal life, my daily life trying to come back.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd of course, they\u2019re going to know more about my career, even if it\u2019s very well known around, but to know a little bit more from inside, something that has never been talked about before.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo I\u2019m excited to see the final result, we have been working very hard.<\/p>\n

\u201cI always have been a little bit against doing this stuff but a great team like Skydance team and David Ellison called me and presented to me the project and at the end it was a fast decision and it was a big help of the family, the team, the tournaments, the rest of the players accepting that, and I am sure, and I hope that the people will like it.\u201d<\/p>\n

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