Speaking with ‘Onda Cero’, his coach Carlos Moya discussed Nadal’s farewell ceremony: "The feeling we all have is that the farewell was careless and shabby. It's true that it was a Tuesday night, but they had months in advance and it was known that if Spain lost, Rafa would retire. Nadal is very much above all this.”

Rafael Nadal’s coach has described the Spaniard’s farewell ceremony at the Davis Cup as ‘scruffy and shabby’. Nadal played the final match of his career on Tuesday night as he lost in straight sets to Netherlands’ Botic van de Zandschulp in the Davis Cup quarter final in Malaga.

Spain’s Davis Cup captain David Ferrer has explained his decision to select Rafael Nadal to play singles in his legendary countryman’s farewell event. The former world No 3 declared he was “confident that Rafa is a competitive beast” and added he “had to give him that opportunity.