When Spain hosts the Netherlands in the Davis Cup quarterfinals in November, 22-time major champion Rafael Nadal will be one of the members of the five-man Spanish team. His teammate hopes it won't be the end of the legend's career.

Carlos Alcaraz welcomed the addition of Rafa Nadal to Spain's Davis Cup team for the quarter-finals in November and hoped the event in Malaga will not mark the end of the 22-times Grand Slam champion's career.

The Laver Cup was the only tournament Nadal had scheduled to play at for for the remainder of the season, so, at present there is no date set for his competitive return to the courts in an official tournament and as things stand, it’s more than feasible to think that this will not happen for the rest of the year.

Rafael Nadal has been named in Spain’s Davis Cup team for the Final Eight matches in November, organizers announced Monday.

Carlos Alcaraz welcomed the addition of Rafa Nadal to Spain's Davis Cup team for the quarter-finals in November and hoped the event in Malaga will not mark the end of the 22-times Grand Slam champion's career.

Carlos Alcaraz welcomed the addition of Rafael Nadal to Spain's team for the quarterfinal round of the Davis Cup finals in November and hopes the event in Malaga will not mark the end of the 22-time Grand Slam champion's career.

Carlos Alcaraz ‘hopes’ Rafael Nadal will not enter retirement in November, despite rumours that he is set to play his last event at the Davis Cup Finals. Nadal, 38, is finally approaching the end of his incredible career and has spoken about plans to hang up his racket on a number of different occasions this year.