Tennis
Legendary Rafael Nadal announces his retirement in 2024
37-year-old legendary Spanish tennis player and winner of 22 Grand Slam tournaments Rafael Nadal He evaluated his expectations in 2024:
“Of course, many times I thought that it was pointless, after all, I was too old, I had many problems, and working for hours was not bringing any results. But overall, I still think about what I said at the last press conference. I don’t think I deserve to end my sports career in the press room.
I wish it had ended differently and I fought and kept hoping it would. There were doubts, there were dark moments, there were very dark moments, but there were also brighter moments.
As always throughout my career, I was surrounded by the right people: family, team, friends. I think it is thanks to them that I have reached where I am now. I had the opportunity to return to competition. And the fact that there were people who wanted to see me play again made a big impact.
There’s a good chance this will be my last year on Tour. Maybe I’ll only play for six months, maybe a year, maybe we won’t make it to the end… That’s the situation right now and I don’t really know the answers to these questions. All I can say is that I will compete again and still keep in mind that this will most likely be my last year and I want to enjoy every tournament as if it were my last year.
I don’t want to announce it because you never know what might happen and you always have to speak in a way that doesn’t get stuck in your own words. I think it will happen, but I can’t say 100% because I worked hard to get back to competition after all. Why should I limit myself if the circumstances and my physical condition allow me to continue and I enjoy what I do? “I don’t think it would make sense,” Nadal said in a video message published on his social networks.
In the early summer of 2023, Nadal had surgery on the iliopsoas muscle in his left leg. It was initially reported that the Spaniard would need five months to recover. Nadal has not played since the 2023 Australian Open.
Rafa had previously announced that he would return to the field at a tournament to be held in Brisbane between January 1-7.
Nadal is one of the representatives of the BIG-3, along with Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic. Roger officially retired in September 2022.
The last reflection of the announcement… 📣
👉🏻 Claro que he he pensado que no tenía sentido (he wants to join the competition)… que son Muchos años…
👉🏻 Animates and revitalizes the illusion at every moment
👉🏻 He worked out for me as well as in my career…… pic.twitter.com/xLnHMdZTqD— Rafa Nadal (@RafaelNadal) December 7, 2023
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Four representatives from Ukraine were included in the qualification list Australian Open 2026.
Yulia Starodubtseva (WTA 113), Angelina Kalinina (WTA 127), Daria Snigur (WTA 153) and Vitaly Sachko (ATP 153) will compete for the Australian Open main draws.
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Major qualifiers in Melbourne will be held from January 12-17.
The place at the heart of the Australian Open 2026 is guaranteed by four Ukrainian tennis players: Elina Svitolina, Marta Kostyuk, Dayana Yastremskaya and Alexandra Oleynikova.
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Ukraine’s first racket Elina Svitolina (WTA 14) became the “Opening Week” participant of the Australian Open 2026.
On January 14, 2026, the Ukrainian will play an exhibition match against Amanda Anisimova (USA, WTA 4) at the tournament’s main stadium, Rod Laver Arena.
The meeting will be held in the format of two standard sets as the deciding game and a super tiebreak up to 10 points.
There will also be four more exhibition matches: Elena Rybakina – Zheng Qingwen, Alexander Zverev – Lorenzo Musetti, Carlos Alcaraz – Alex de Minaur, Jannik Sinner – Felix Auger-Aliassime.
After the match between Svitolina and Anisimova, Rod Laver Arena will host the AO 1 Point Slam tournament, where tennis stars Iga Swiatek, Jannik Sinner, Carlos Alcaraz, Coco Gauff, Naomi Osaka, Daniil Medvedev, Zheng Qingwen, Felix Auger-Aliassime and Jasmine Paolini will compete against amateurs.
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Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) announced the list of all award winners for the 2025 season.
World number one Arina Sabalenka was chosen as the best tennis player of the year. Hendrik Vleshouwers, coach of American Amanda Anisimova, received the best coach award.
Anisimova received the Progress of the Year award, while Victoria Mboko received the Newcomer of the Year award. Katerina Sinyakova / Taylor Townsend couple was chosen as the best duet of the season.
WTA Awards 2025. All award winners
- The best tennis player of the season – Aryna Sabalenka
- Best Duo of the Year – Katerina Sinyakova / Taylor Townsend
- Progress of the Year – Amanda Anisimova
- Rookie of the Year – Victoria Mboko
- Comeback of the Year – Belinda Bencic
- Diamond Aces (promoting tennis both on and off the court) – Coco Gauff
- Peachy Kellmeier Award (for contributions to WTA players) – Gabriela Dabrowski
- Karen Kranzke Sportsmanship Award – Jessica Pegula
- Georgina Clarke Mother of the Year Award (awarded to retired female tennis players) – Nicole Pratt (Australian coach)
- Coach of the Year – Hendrik Vleshouwers (Amanda Anisimova’s coach)
- Pet of the Year (singles) – Zheng Qingwen
- Favorites of the year in pairs – Sara Errani and Jasmine Paolini
- Shot of the year – Carolina Muchova (vs. Clara Towson in WTA 1000 semi-final in Dubai)
- Match of the year – Coco Gauff vs. Zheng Qingwen (WTA 1000 semi-final in Rome – 7:6 (7:3), 4:6, 7:6 (7:4))
VIDEO. Shot of the year from Carolina Muchova
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— wta (@WTA) November 13, 2025
VIDEO. Match of the year from Coco Gauff and Zheng Qingwen in Rome
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