FILE - Serena Williams waves to fans after losing to Ajla Tomljanovic, of Austrailia, in the third round of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Friday, Sept. 2, 2022, in New York. If this is, as expected, Rafael Nadal's final French Open, it will be one that everyone — the 37-year-old Spaniard included — surely will remember vividly. Think back just a couple of years ago to Serena Williams' farewell at the U.S. Open. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
FILE - Spain's Rafael Nadal, right, walks from Croatia's Marin Cilic after he withdrew injured from their quarterfinal at the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne, Australia, Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2018. This edition of the Grand Slam tournament at Roland Garros, which begins Sunday, is expected to be his last as the end of his career approaches after a series of injuries and limited play the past two seasons. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara, File)
FILE - Spain's Rafael Nadal plays a shot against Norway's Casper Ruud during the final match at the French Open tennis tournament in Roland Garros stadium in Paris, France, Sunday, June 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)
FILE - Tennis fans crowd the edge of the court hoping for an autograph from Rafael Nadal, of Spain, during round three of the U.S. Open tennis championships in New York, Aug. 31, 2019. This edition of the Grand Slam tournament at Roland Garros, which begins Sunday, is expected to be his last as the end of his career approaches after a series of injuries and limited play the past two seasons.(AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez, File)
FILE - French Open winner, Spain's Rafael Nadal, listens at a press conference prior to his first tournament on grass at the ATP Gerry Weber Open on Tuesday, June 7, 2005 in Halle, western Germany. The 2024 French Open is expected to be the last one for Rafael Nadal. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)
FILE - A statue of Spain's Rafael Nadal is seen at Roland Garros stadium in Paris, Friday, May 28, 2021.This French Open is expected to be the last one for Rafael Nadal. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)
FILE - Spain's Rafael Nadal poses with the cup after defeating Switzerland's Roger Federer during the men's final match of the French Open tennis tournament at Roland Garros stadium in Paris, Sunday, June 10, 2007. Nadal won 6-3, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler, File)
FILE - Rafael Nadal, of Spain, waves to the crowd at his doubles match against Australia's Max Purcell and Jordan Thompson during the Brisbane International tennis tournament in Brisbane, Australia, Dec. 31, 2023. This French Open is expected to be the last one for Rafael Nadal. (AP Photo/Tertius Pickard, File)