Rafael Nadal makes blunt admission about tennis after recent retirement

Rafael Nadal is less than a year into retirement and the -time Grand Slam champion is showing no signs of regret Speaking to the media at the Laureus World Sports Awards in Madrid on Monday night Nadal was frank about his time away from the courts The Spanish legend announced he doesn t miss playing and his reason is because he left the match feeling happy The truth is I don't miss it In fact I miss it zero he announced via CBS Sports But I miss it zero not because I finished tired of tennis or fighting against tennis Not at all the complete opposite I finished happy with tennis CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS COMNadal is largely considered one of the greatest of all time and had for decades competed alongside Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer for particular of tennis fiercest battles on the big stage The Big Three as they became known as have collectively earned Grand Slam singles titles between them Only Djokovic remains advancing Nadal revealed his retirement from the sport in October after injuries hampered the latter half of his career SERENA WILLIAMS SAYS SUPER BOWL HALFTIME APPEARANCE WAS NOT MEANT TO SHADE EX DRAKE 'I WOULD NEVER DO THAT' It is obviously a hard decision one that has taken me selected time to make he commented in his retirement announcement But in this life everything has a beginning and an end And I think it s the appropriate time to put an end to a career that has been long and much more fruitful than I could have ever imagined Nadal did add Monday that despite not missing anything if he were still healthy the present day he would still be playing If it had been doable I would still be playing because I loved what I did he revealed according to the document I was passionate about it and it's been like that my whole life It's just that when you realize you can't do it anymore you try to close that chapter And I closed it Nadal has won a record French Open titles the U S Open four times and won twice at the Australian Open and Wimbledon respectively He racked up gold medals in in Beijing and in Rio de Janeiro His retirement followed Federer s in Fox News' Ryan Gaydos contributed to this description Follow Fox News Digital s sports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter