{"id":17380,"date":"2025-01-07T02:05:53","date_gmt":"2025-01-07T02:05:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=17380"},"modified":"2025-01-07T02:05:53","modified_gmt":"2025-01-07T02:05:53","slug":"coco-gauff-wants-rafael-nadal-back-lets-take-him-out-of-retirement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=17380","title":{"rendered":"Coco Gauff Wants Rafael Nadal Back: \u2018Let\u2019s Take Him Out of Retirement!\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-58026\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; user-select: initial !important; height: auto; max-width: 100%; border: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rafaelnadalfans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/rafael-nadal-and-cori-coco-gauff-play-badminton-against-serena-and-venus-williams-in-new-york-city-21.jpg?resize=723%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"723\" height=\"480\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-attachment-id=\"58026\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/rafaelnadalfans.com\/2019\/08\/23\/photos-rafael-nadal-and-cori-coco-gauff-play-doubles-at-the-2019-lotte-new-york-palace-invitational-badminton-tournament\/rafael-nadal-and-cori-coco-gauff-play-badminton-against-serena-and-venus-williams-in-new-york-city-21\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rafaelnadalfans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/rafael-nadal-and-cori-coco-gauff-play-badminton-against-serena-and-venus-williams-in-new-york-city-21.jpg?fit=1024%2C680&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1024,680\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Rafael Nadal and Cori Coco Gauff play badminton against Serena and Venus Williams in New York City (21)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;NEW YORK, NEW YORK \u2013 AUGUST 22: Rafael Nadal and Cori \u201cCoco\u201d Gauff play badminton during the 2019 Palace Invitational at Lotte New York Palace on August 22, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy\/Getty Images for Lotte New York Palace)&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rafaelnadalfans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/rafael-nadal-and-cori-coco-gauff-play-badminton-against-serena-and-venus-williams-in-new-york-city-21.jpg?fit=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rafaelnadalfans.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/rafael-nadal-and-cori-coco-gauff-play-badminton-against-serena-and-venus-williams-in-new-york-city-21.jpg?fit=723%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">NEW YORK, NEW YORK \u2013 AUGUST 22: Rafael Nadal and Cori \u201cCoco\u201d Gauff play badminton during the 2019 Palace Invitational at Lotte New York Palace on August 22, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy\/Getty Images for Lotte New York Palace)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Little by little, my sadness over Rafael Nadal\u2019s retirement is easing and I\u2019ve started watching tennis video clips occasionally. However, I\u2019m still not ready to dive into full matches just yet. I just need more time. But as Rafa himself has said many times, he would love for all of us to keep supporting tennis and help the sport grow even more.<\/p>\n<p>I came across a fun moment in a United Cup video where players took on the role of interviewers and got to ask each other questions. One of the questions was which player they would \u201csteal\u201d from another team. Coco Gauff asked if it could be a former player, and then said: \u201cI mean, let\u2019s take Rafa out of retirement and bring him onto our team.\u201d Team USA certainly knows how to spot quality, don\u2019t they?<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"No. 1's On No. 1's | United Cup 2025\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jM2bqrrE0uY?feature=oembed\" width=\"723\" height=\"407\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>How are you spending your time now that you\u2019re not watching Rafa? 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