‘Tennis became a race against time’ after 2005 diagnosis‘The suffering was less than my passion,’ says tennis greatRafael Nadal has revealed he spent most of his career in pain as he willed himself to play through a chronic foot injury and went on to win 22 grand slam titles while spending two decades ruling men’s tennis alongside Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic.The Spaniard, who retired in 2024, said he took immense risks with his health to keep his career going, after a Netflix series called Rafa provided an in-depth look into his physical and mental struggles to pursue greatness. Continue reading...

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/may/29/rafael-nadal-reveals-chronic-foot-injury-plagued-tennis-career