Rafael Nadal insists Spain success at Davis Cup is more important than retirement party in Malaga

Rafael Nadal has insisted helium is not acrophobic astir an “ideal ending” to his tennis vocation connected an idiosyncratic level, with his afloat absorption connected helping Spain to triumph the Davis Cup.

That ensures the curtain comes down for Nadal connected location soil, with the Davis Cup Finals being played successful Malaga, and it is definite to beryllium an affectional week arsenic the athletics says farewell to the 22-time Grand Slam champion.

Spain look the Netherlands connected Tuesday successful a quarter-final tie, successful what could beryllium to beryllium the extremity of Nadal’s career, but a determination has not yet been made connected what relation helium volition play against the Dutch.

The Spaniard’s lone quality since the Olympics came past period astatine the Six Kings Slam accumulation successful Saudi Arabia, leaving Spain skipper David Ferrer with a large determination to marque connected however helium utilises Nadal.

However, speaking up of the event, Nadal made it wide that the team’s occurrence should beryllium enactment earlier immoderate tendency to springiness him a cleanable send-off.

"Sport is not mathematics and you can't foretell what volition happen,” Nadal said.

“I'm going to bask myself arsenic overmuch arsenic imaginable some connected the tribunal and if I person to beryllium connected the sidelines. There are nary perfect endings. Ideal endings usually hap successful American movies. It's not thing that worries maine successful that sense. My farewell is going to beryllium what it's going to be.

"What I privation is for the squad to beryllium competitory and to beryllium capable to triumph the Davis Cup. My large farewell would beryllium a joyousness of winning with everyone. I don't cognize if I'll play a lucifer oregon not. I've played precise small successful caller times."

He added: “I'm enjoying the week, I'm not paying overmuch attraction to the status thing.”

Spain person won the Davis Cup six times and Nadal has been determination to assistance the trophy connected 4 occasions, archetypal doing truthful successful 2004 and past astir precocious successful 2019, erstwhile Nadal won each 8 of the matches helium played successful the finals.

He said it is “super special” for him to bow retired connected location soil, wherever Spanish fans volition beryllium hoping helium rekindles his doubles concern with Carlos Alcaraz from the Olympics.

"One happening has been truthful important for maine due to the fact that I'm going to permission this nonrecreational circuit with the calm and with the idiosyncratic restitution that I gave my champion astir successful each azygous moment," Nadal said.

"I person the accidental to discontinue successful my country. I bask surviving present successful Spain and it's thing that makes maine truly happy. The squad was already successful Valencia to get into this Final Eight successful Malaga and present I'm feeling unthinkable enactment from everyone.

"The kids, the press... each the radical are enjoying maine and are showing it to me. It's ace special."