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Rafael Nadal's legendary tennis career ended Tuesday not in victory, as had so often been true for the 22-time Grand Slam champion, but with a loss in his singles match for Spain against the Netherlands in the Davis Cup quarterfinals.
With a tremendous home-country advantage making for an electric atmosphere in Malaga, Spain, the 38-year-old Nadal fell 6-4, 6-4 to Botic van de Zands