As he prepares to take the court for the final time as a professional tennis player in the 2024 Davis Cup in his native country of Spain, 22-time major champion Rafael Nadal received a heartfelt tribute from his longtime rival and dear friend, Roger Federer.
Federer, a 20-time major champion who in September of 2022 retired from tennis, paid homage to Nadal in a lengthy post on his account on X (formerly Twitter) on Tuesday, beginning by acknowledging the competitiveness between the two—and the great lengths he went in his quest to defeat the Spaniard.
