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Tennis star Rafael Nadal who pulled out of this month’s French Open because of a hip injury, has hinted on retiring from the sport come next year 2024.
According to the Spaniard 2024 will be his last year Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Tour.
The 36-year-old Spaniard has not played since a second-round straight-sets defeat to American Mackenzie McDonald at the Australian Open in January, where he was hampered by his hip troubles.
He was initially expected to be out for six to eight weeks, but has dropped to 14th in the ATP rankings having failed to recover as quickly as had been hoped.
The “King of Clay” announced he will miss the only Grand Slam played on the surface for the first time since 2004, and planned to miss further months of action.
“The evolution of the injury I sustained in Australia has not gone as I would have liked,” Nadal said.
“I have lost goals along the way, and Roland Garros becomes impossible.