The first official tournament Rafael Nadal will attend since his retirement

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Rafael Nadal is now approaching one month since his retirement, having left tennis after Spain’s early Davis Cup Finals exit.

Jim Courier wants a Nadal book following his retirement, with the latter having won 92 ATP Tour-level titles during his career.

That includes 22 Grand Slam titles, with Nadal retiring as the King of Clay with a record 14 French Open titles.

Rennae Stubbs thinks Nadal could become a Davis Cup coach in the near future, although the Spaniard has given very little away about what he will do next.

He joined the likes of Dominic Thiem and Andy Murray in retiring this season, with the latter having already turned to coaching.

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But it seems for now that Nadal is only going to enjoy watching tennis, with AS reporting that he will make his first public appearance at a tennis event since retiring at the NextGen ATP Finals.

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The tournament gets underway in Jeddah this week, and features the top eight players aged 20 and under.

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It is set to be a very exciting event in Saudi Arabia, with Nadal certain to inspire the youngsters taking part with his attendance.

Arthur Fils, Alex Michelsen, Jakub Mensik and Juncheng Shang are perhaps the headline acts, joined by Learner Tien, Luca Van Assche, Nishesh Basavareddy and Joao Fonseca.

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The end of season tournament comes shortly after the ATP Finals in Turin, where Jannik Sinner emerged victorious on home soil.

Remarkably, Nadal failed to lift the ATP Finals trophy during his phenomenal career, having lost in the final on two occasions.

Familiar foes Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic beat the Spaniard in 2010 and 2013 respectively, with the Serbian sitting top of the pile for ATP Finals titles with seven.