Rafael Nadal announced Thursday an absence of several months and his probable retirement in 2024. With his 22 titles in total, the Spaniard held alone for a few months the record of Grand Slam titles.
In January 2022, in Melbourne, he had become after Djokovic the second player in the Open era (since 1968) to win at least twice each of the four Grand Slam tournaments. For more than a decade, from April to June, he was almost unbeatable thanks to his huge lift and his slides.