Rafael Nadal has always been a humble superstar ... racquet - admittedly from the comfort of his mother's lap - as his father played in the doubles alongside Wimbledon champion Carlos Alcaraz.

As Rafael Nadal bids farewell to professional tennis ... I started watching Nadal on TV with my father when the Spaniard was just a teenager. We bonded over his tenacity, unique style, forehand ...

Also in the frame were his wife, Maria, his sister, and his father Sebastian. His mother, Ana Maria, smiled from ear to ear as she held his son in her arms. Rafael Nadal's family pictured at the ...

Rafael Nadal has shared how he really felt about Novak ... When I was a kid, my father would always tell me, ‘Inventing is hard. Copying is much easier.’ He wasn’t talking about tennis.