Rafa Nadal’s retirement from professional tennis has had a great repercussion and global impact. The international press has wanted to pay its particular tribute to the Balearic tennis player through its pages. The French press highlights, as usual, the land where Nadal brought out his talent on clay and where he is the king of Paris with 14 Roland Garros.
The diary L’Equipe It opens its cover with an image of the Manacor native saying goodbye to the public. It does so with the headline: “Final Tears.” In its chronicle, the French media points out that “in Malaga it marked the end of a phenomenal career”: “Beyond the dizzying numbers and the 22 Grand Slams won, the giant of the earth is leaving us. The Spaniard built his legend based on hardness and extreme faith in himself for more than 20 years to today leave a mark and a void.”
In their articles, they also add that it has been 20 years of a “career broken a thousand times, but which ended up standing, as he wanted above all else.” The only thing they regret is that “he was not able to say goodbye to everyone or hand over the keys to his kingdom at Roland Garros”, but his “greatness” goes beyond that.
Cover of ‘L’Équipe’ this Wednesday, November 20.
On the other hand, Le Monde points out that Nadal’s goodbye leaves the world of tennis “orphaned.” “The scene of the 38-year-old tennis player’s farewell was too short to leave him without a hint of bitterness,” they say, and also refer to him as a “giant.” Additionally, Le Figaro baptizes him as “the great golden legend”: “He has always been an incomparable gladiator. An unforgettable player who overcame all kinds of impossible situations and endless injuries. His game, his ambition, his physique and his success have forged his legend.”
From Italy, La Gazzetta Dello Sport agrees with the “bitter farewell” of the Balearic Islands: “Emotion and disappointment. Tears and tiredness. The roars of the crowd were as heavy as Rafa’s legs, and a sad goodbye […] The ‘Let’s go Rafa’ goes down, the ‘Thank you Rafa’ goes up.”
He Corriere He defends that he is a tennis player who “has won everything”: “First he was a clay court specialist, then he became one of the best players of the modern era and finally he was one of the strongest in all of history.”
In Germany, the Bild opened its website this Wednesday with the headline (in Spanish) “Thank you, Rafa!” and highlighting his record. From the United States, the New York Times He has also surrendered to the trajectory of the Manacor native: “It is an ending that has been brewing for two years.” […] Although best known for his fierce and indomitable will to win, Nadal was also one of the great players in the history of tennis and perhaps the most complete baseliner the sport has ever seen alongside Djokovic and Federer.”
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