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Nadal considered golf after injury?

Rafael Nadal, from Spain, blows a kiss to

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Can you imagine golf with Tiger Woods? Baseball without Derek Jeter? Football without Tom Brady?

That's what almost happened in the sport of tennis in 2005 when Rafael Nadal contemplated a move into professional golf after a career-threatening foot injury sidelined him.

The 10-time major champion revealed his almost life-changing ordeal in his autobiography “Rafa," which hits...

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