Rafael Nadal has admitted that he struggled to walk for an entire month after his retirement from tennis in a worrying health admission.

Nadal, one of the most successful and loved players of all time, says he badly struggled with foot pain after hanging up his racket last year.

The 39-year-old won 22 Grand Slam singles titles and was dubbed the ‘King of Clay’ due to his unprecedented success at the French Open.

Nadal’s foot problem was a chronic issue in the later stages of his career and he needed it numbed to land his 14th Roland-Garros trophy in 2022.

The Spaniard, who hasn’t picked up a racket since retiring, told The Athletic: ‘After my retirement, I was very bad in terms of pain in my foot.

‘I had very big difficulties to walk for a month.’

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