Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal has revealed he underwent surgery on his hand for a problem he had been dealing with for years. "I had to undergo hand surgery for a problem I had been dragging for years, but I hope to be well soon," he detailed in a social media post. Nadal, considered one of the best tennis players in history alongside Swiss Roger Federer and Serbian Novak Djokovic, had an incredible career highlighted by his 22 Grand Slam titles, an Olympic gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Games (singles) and 2016 Rio Games (doubles), 36 Masters 1000 titles, and winning the Davis Cup in 2004, 2008, 2009, 2011, and 2019. In total, the "Beast of Manacor" accumulated 92 titles and held the ATP world No. 1 ranking for 209 weeks. Nadal, who retired from professional tennis at the 2024 Davis Cup at the age of 38 due to serious injuries, mainly in recent seasons, took this new surgery with humor and joked that he will not be able to play the 2026 Australian Open. "I think I won't be able to play the Australian Open in January."
