Rafael Nadal, daya daga manyan ‘yan wasan tennis a tarihin wasan, ya sanar cewa zai yi ritaya daga wasan tennis ƙarshen kakar 2024. Nadal, wanda yake da shekaru 38, ya bayyana hakan a wata sanarwa ta video da ya wallafa a ranar Alhamis.
Nadal, wanda ya lashe gasar Grand Slam 22, ya zama daya daga cikin manyan ‘yan wasan tennis a tarihi. Ya lashe gasar French Open 14, wanda ya zama tarihin gasar Roland Garros. Ya kuma lashe gasar Australian Open, Wimbledon, da US Open, kuma ya riƙe matsayin No. 1 na duniya na mako 209.
Karatu da karatu na Nadal sun kasance na musamman, inda ya fara aikinsa a shekarar 2001. Ya yi gasa da manyan ‘yan wasan tennis kamar Roger Federer da Novak Djokovic, wanda ya kawo sababbin sauyi a wasan. Gasar da ya yi da Federer a Wimbledon a shekarar 2008 ita ce daya daga cikin mafi kyawun wasannin da aka taɓa gani a wasan maza.
Nadal ya yi fice da yawa a aikinsa, musamman a filin clay. Ya lashe gasar Davis Cup sau huɗu kuma ya riƙe tarihin nasara 112 da asara 4 a Roland Garros. Ya kuma samu nasara a gasar Olympics, inda ya lashe zinare a shekarar 2009 da 2016.
Yaƙin da Nadal ya yi da ciwon jiki, musamman Müller-Weiss Syndrome, ya sa ya yi ritaya. Ya ce, “Hakika, shekaru biyu da suka gabata sun kasance da wahala. Ban taba buga wasa ba tare da iyakoki ba.” Ya bayyana cewa zaɓin ritaya ya kasance da wahala, amma ya ce ita ce lokacin da za a kawo ƙarshen aikinsa.
Nadal zai buga wasansa na ƙarshe a gasar Davis Cup Finals a Malaga daga ranar 19 zuwa 21 ga watan Nuwamba. Ya bayyana cewa, “Ina farin ciki sosai cewa wasana na ƙarshe zai kasance a gasar Davis Cup, ina wakilci ƙasata. Ina ganin na yi kewayo tun daga lokacin da na fara buga wasan a gasar Davis Cup a Sevilla a shekarar 2004.”.
