Rafael Nadal will not participate in the 2023 French Open. NurPhoto via Getty Images. He did not offer a date for his return to the tennis tour, but said it is likely to take months.

PARIS — Rafael Nadal is in the French Open field, after all, and Thursday's draw set up the 14-time champion for a challenging first-round matchup against No. 4 seed Alexander Zverev.

Rafael Nadal on record 22nd Grand Slam title, 14th French Open victory 05:18. It is one thing for Nadal to lose more frequently, and in earlier rounds, than he usually has over the course of his ...

When the French Open begins its main draw play May 28, it will be more than four months since Nadal suffered his injury. He has fallen from the world’s top 10 for the first time since April 2005.

The next, and perhaps final, stop on Rafael Nadal’s unofficial retirement tour has reaches its apex next week at the French Open, the Grand Slam where he’s won 14 titles and owns an ...

Rafael Nadal has a message for everything saying and writing that this will be his final French Open. “Don't assume that,” he told reporters with a grin ahead of the start of the tournament on ...

Spain's Rafael Nadal looks up during a training session at the Roland Garros stadium, Saturday, May 25, 2024 in Paris. The French Open tennis tournament starts Sunday May 26, 2024.

Rafael Nadal picked up his 14th French Open title with a 6-3, 6-3, 6-0 straight-set victory over Norway's Casper Ruud Sunday. It 's his 22nd major title overall.

Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic will meet in a French Open semifinal on Friday. Both won gutty matches on Wednesday that were filled with tension, noise and surges of momentum in every direction.

Spain's Rafael Nadal, right, gets a hug from Switzerland's Roger Federer after the men's final match during the French Open tennis tournament at Roland Garros stadium in Paris, June 11, 2006 ...

PARIS — Rafael Nadal pulled away to beat Casper Ruud 6-3, 6-3, 6-0 in the French Open final on Sunday for his 14th championship at Roland Garros and 22nd Grand Slam title overall, adding to two ...

Nadal wound up winning his 22nd major championship at the 2022 French Open while playing on a left foot that hurt so much he needed nerve-numbing injections. So competing at something less than ...