Paris, May 29 -- Rafael Nadal had one of the greatest tennis careers the game has ever seen.
He also spent nearly all of it in pain. Between his first French Open win in 2005 and retirement in 2024, the Spaniard won 22 Grand Slam singles titles - the second-highest total of any man.
He was part of the 'Big Three' era, where he, Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic carved up the sport's biggest prizes and thrilled fans. But a chronic foot injury meant Nadal had to find different ways just to get through matches, let alone win them.
In a new Netflix series, the 39-year-old opens up about the risks he took with his health in order to achieve greatness.
"I've had to make decisions about my health, where you are on the borderline between right o...