Andy Murray reveals only thing that made Rafa Nadal lose his temper as he posts gushing tribute to retired tennis legend

ANDY MURRAY praised retired Rafa Nadal for ne'er losing his temper connected a tennis tribunal but past joked: You did smash loads of PlayStation controllers successful anger!

Nadal, 38, called clip connected his illustrious 23-year vocation aft Spain crashed retired of the Davis Cup quarter-finals successful Malaga pursuing a 2-1 decision to Holland.

There was nary triumphant ending arsenic Nadal, his assemblage ravaged by caller injuries, mislaid the opening singles necktie to Botic van de Zandschulp, idiosyncratic helium would person easy thumped successful his pomp.

Once the last-eight effect was known, Nadal became emotional arsenic helium addressed the assemblage successful Malaga and a late-night tear-jerking presumption took spot with video contributions from Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic, Serena Williams and David Beckham.

Murray, 37, paid his respects to a rival helium managed to bushed lone 7 times successful 24 meetings since their archetypal brushwood astatine the 2007 Australian Open.

But helium revealed that the Mallorca hitter utilized to violently propulsion handheld machine console controllers whenever helium mislaid an online football crippled to the Scotsman.

Murray – who retired from tennis aft the Paris Olympics – said: “Hi Rafa, conscionable wanted to nonstop you a speedy connection to congratulate you connected the astir unthinkable career.

“I’ve ever been a immense instrumentality of yours and it’s been unthinkable to ticker you, signifier with you and get the accidental to vie against you passim each these years, since we archetypal met arsenic 13-14-year-old kids.

“The passionateness and strength that you played with not conscionable connected the lucifer court but connected the signifier court was thing that I deliberation each tennis players aspire to. And what each tennis fans volition retrieve you for.

“We’ve besides learned truthful overmuch from you implicit the years astir humility, hard enactment and astir importantly respect for everybody.

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“You’re astir apt the lone tennis subordinate ever to person ne'er thrown their racquet successful anger, which is incredible.

“However, this wasn’t the lawsuit erstwhile you would suffer astatine PlayStation.

“I’ve seen Rafa throwing PlayStation controllers astir edifice rooms each implicit the world.

“When helium and his adjacent person Juan Monaco would suffer a precocious extremity to maine with his beloved Real Madrid astatine Pro Evolution Soccer.

“Anyway, I’m definite your assemblage is looking guardant to a well-earned rest.
It’s been unthinkable watching you. Thanks for everything, Rafa. Enjoy status man.”

Nadal, who does not program to play successful 2025, leaves the athletics with 22 singles Slams – 2 less than the grounds acceptable by Djokovic.

That tally includes an unprecedented 14 French Opens, 2 Wimbledon Championships, 2 triumphs astatine the Australian Open and 4 successful the US Open.

He wiped distant the tears and said: “The titles, numbers, they’re there.

“People astir apt cognize that. The mode I’d similar to beryllium remembered much is similar a bully idiosyncratic from a tiny colony successful Mallorca.”