Then again, maybe they won’t both play Tuesday: Neither Nadal nor Spain's captain, David Ferrer, would say Monday whether the 22-time Grand Slam champion will participate. What is clear is that Nadal's career soon will be over. What will he miss the most?

Rafael Nadal will make his final official appearance on a tennis court at the Davis Cup this week in Malaga, Spain, but the tennis legend doesn’t want the focus to be

Spain, who face Netherlands in the quarter-finals on Tuesday, will look to take inspiration from Nadal’s final tournament and the sporting icon has said he will not let the emotion surrounding his impending retirement get in the way of the team’s chances of winning a seventh Davis Cup title.