Nadal, 38, will retire next week in Malaga, where he hopes to win a fifth Davis Cup to add to his 22 Grand Slam crowns. Read more at straitstimes.com.

All the members of the Spanish team have repeated that it will be Rafa who decides what role he will have in Malaga. The most likely option is that Nadal will only play doubles in this edition of the Davis Cup Finals, perhaps alongside his young compatriot Carlos Alcaraz as at the Olympic Games.

Rafael Nadal will retire at the age of 38 after a trophy-laden career in front of an emotional Spanish crowd after the Davis Cup, with Carlos Alcaraz, the Wimbledon champion, determined to give him a

Rafael Nadal is getting set to retire from professional tennis after one last event: He will be part of Spain's team at the Davis Cup finals that start Tuesday in front of a home crowd in Malaga. The 38-year-old Nadal has been on tour for more than 20 years and is the second member of the so-called Big Three of men’s tennis to stop playing.

Rafael Nadal says he "couldn't ask for anything more" from his career as he prepares for the start of the Davis Cup, the final tournament before he retires

Carlos Alcaraz has claimed Rafa Nadal ’s “farewell” to tennis is more important than the Davis Cup this week. The 22-time Grand Slam winner will retire at the age of 38 in front of an emotional home crowd in Malaga after years dogged by injuries.

Carlos Alcaraz said he was hoping to make Rafael Nadal's tennis farewell at the Davis Cup Finals a victorious one after he was dumped out of the ATP Finals at the group stage with a straight-sets defeat to Alexander Zverev on Friday.

Carlos Alcaraz turns attention to Rafael Nadal farewell after ATP Finals exit - Alcaraz exited in the group stage after losing 7-6 (5) 6-4 to Alexander Zverev.