{"id":24592,"date":"2025-02-09T03:51:53","date_gmt":"2025-02-09T03:51:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=24592"},"modified":"2025-02-09T03:51:53","modified_gmt":"2025-02-09T03:51:53","slug":"rafael-nadal-speaks-up-about-life-post-retirement-%f0%9f%91%a8%f0%9f%91%a6%f0%9f%8e%be","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=24592","title":{"rendered":"Rafael Nadal speaks up about life post retirement \ud83d\udc68\u200d\ud83d\udc66\ud83c\udfbe"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Rafael Nadal admits he has played tennis with his son after retirement at the Davis Cup last year<\/h1>\n<p>Rafael Nadal was recently awarded the Excellent Trophy at the 77th Gala of Mundo Deportivo.<\/p>\n<div class=\"img\">\n<div class=\"post-thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"no-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/media.firstsportz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/07172544\/Rafael-Nadal-with-his-son-via-X-and-Bleacher-Report.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, (min-width: 769px) 1600px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.firstsportz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/07172544\/Rafael-Nadal-with-his-son-via-X-and-Bleacher-Report.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/media.firstsportz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/07172544\/Rafael-Nadal-with-his-son-via-X-and-Bleacher-Report-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/media.firstsportz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/07172544\/Rafael-Nadal-with-his-son-via-X-and-Bleacher-Report-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/media.firstsportz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/07172544\/Rafael-Nadal-with-his-son-via-X-and-Bleacher-Report-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/media.firstsportz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/07172544\/Rafael-Nadal-with-his-son-via-X-and-Bleacher-Report-150x84.jpg 150w\" alt=\"Rafael Nadal admits he has played tennis with his son after retirement at the Davis Cup last year\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"img-info\">\n<p>Rafael Nadal with his son (via X and Bleacher Report)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"desc\">\n<p>When\u00a0<strong>Rafael Nadal<\/strong>, aged 38, announced his retirement from tennis on October 10, 2024, it marked an extremely emotional moment for the tennis world. The Spaniard played his last match against\u00a0<strong>Botic van de Zandschulp<\/strong>\u00a0in the quarterfinals of the Davis Cup 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Since that moment, he hasn\u2019t played tennis except for a few times with his two-year-old son at home, Nadal revealed in an interview with LaVanguardia. He expressed his excitement to be at the Mundo Deportivo Gran Gala, a gala of the newspaper with which he\u2019s shared his career.<\/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\">\n<div class=\"perfmatters-lazy-youtube\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7JR7h0tN3K4\" data-id=\"7JR7h0tN3K4\" data-query=\"start=197&amp;feature=oembed\">\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"perfmatters-lazy entered pmloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/7JR7h0tN3K4\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"YouTube video\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/7JR7h0tN3K4\/hqdefault.jpg\" data-ll-status=\"loaded\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"play\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\">\n<blockquote><p><em>I haven\u2019t touched a racket. I will at some point, but since that goodbye in Malaga (on November 20), I\u2019ve only played a short time with my son at home. I\u2019m just trying to organize myself outside of sport. Without realizing it, I already have a lot of work to do that I can\u2019t avoid, but I need time to decide what I want to do, beyond what I have to do because it\u2019s inevitable.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><cite>Rafael Nadal via\u00a0LaVanguardia<\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<p>When he was on stage,\u00a0Rafael Nadal\u00a0remarked that the best thing now is that he is living with little pain. He is having a good time, and now he can go down the stairs without any pain. When he stopped speaking, the audience gave him a standing ovation. The ovation lasted for three minutes, until Nadal said enough. When they gave him back the microphone, he confessed that he feels proud and also a little ashamed.<\/p>\n<p>The 77th edition of the Gran Gala de Mundo Deportivo took place on February 3, 2025, at the Palau de Congressos de Catalunya in Barcelona. While Nadal has received numerous awards at this Gala in the past, this year\u2019s honor was different. It marked his first major recognition in his new chapter of his life, post-retirement.\u00a0<strong>Javier Godo<\/strong>, president of the Godo Group took the stage to present Nadal with the Extraordinary Trophy.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-besides-rafael-nadal-several-accomplished-spanish-sportspersons-were-honored-by-mundo-deportivo\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Besides Rafael Nadal, several accomplished Spanish sportspersons were honored by Mundo Deportivo<\/h2>\n<p>The accomplishments of several other prominent Spanish sportsmen and sportswomen were also honored at the Gala. Two-time Ballon d\u2019Or Feminin winner\u00a0Aitana Bonmati\u00a0was awarded the Repsol Trophy, recognizing her extraordinary year with Barca, winning the Champions League, Copa del Rey, and Spanish Super Cup, as well as the Nations League with the Spanish women\u2019s football team.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2341610 perfmatters-lazy entered pmloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/media.firstsportz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/07084849\/Rafael-Nadal-Mundo-Deportivo-1200x655.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.firstsportz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/07084849\/Rafael-Nadal-Mundo-Deportivo-1200x655.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/media.firstsportz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/07084849\/Rafael-Nadal-Mundo-Deportivo-600x328.jpg 600w, https:\/\/media.firstsportz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/07084849\/Rafael-Nadal-Mundo-Deportivo-768x419.jpg 768w, https:\/\/media.firstsportz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/07084849\/Rafael-Nadal-Mundo-Deportivo-150x82.jpg 150w, https:\/\/media.firstsportz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/07084849\/Rafael-Nadal-Mundo-Deportivo.jpg 1280w\" alt=\"Rafael Nadal\" width=\"1200\" height=\"655\" data-src=\"https:\/\/media.firstsportz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/07084849\/Rafael-Nadal-Mundo-Deportivo-1200x655.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/media.firstsportz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/07084849\/Rafael-Nadal-Mundo-Deportivo-1200x655.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/media.firstsportz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/07084849\/Rafael-Nadal-Mundo-Deportivo-600x328.jpg 600w, https:\/\/media.firstsportz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/07084849\/Rafael-Nadal-Mundo-Deportivo-768x419.jpg 768w, https:\/\/media.firstsportz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/07084849\/Rafael-Nadal-Mundo-Deportivo-150x82.jpg 150w, https:\/\/media.firstsportz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/07084849\/Rafael-Nadal-Mundo-Deportivo.jpg 1280w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" data-ll-status=\"loaded\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Rafael Nadal (via Instagram)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Spanish women\u2019s water polo team was awarded with the Brillianto Trophy. The team has won numerous accolades throughout the years, including the Olympic silver medals at London 2012 and Tokyo 2021 and the gold medal at Paris 2024.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Teresa Perales<\/strong>, the most decorated Spanish paralympian in history, was awarded the Movistar Trophy. She made her Olympic debut in Sydney 2000 and won her 28th Olympic medal at\u00a0Paris 2024. Her Olympic haul includes seven gold, ten silver, and eleven bronze medals.<\/p>\n<div class=\"single-post\">\n<section class=\"section-intro\">\n<div class=\"selfie-and-desc\">\n<div class=\"desc\">\n<p>2024 was a\u00a0remarkable year for the Spanish men\u2019s football team, who won the Euro 2024, Olympic gold, and the Nations League (2023). The men\u2019s Olympic football team was awarded the CaixaBank Trophy, while the men\u2019s football team was awarded the Renfe Trophy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rafael Nadal admits he has played tennis with his son after retirement at the Davis Cup last year Rafael Nadal was recently awarded the Excellent Trophy at&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":24593,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tennis"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Rafael Nadal speaks up about life post retirement \ud83d\udc68\u200d\ud83d\udc66\ud83c\udfbe - 24\/7 News America<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=24592\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Rafael Nadal speaks up about life post retirement \ud83d\udc68\u200d\ud83d\udc66\ud83c\udfbe - 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