Argentina's del Potro recently won wild cards in Buenos Aires and Rio de Janeiro, and he has trained in Buenos Aires, and people are happy about his return and cheering for him.
But he burst into tears: "It's more like a goodbye than a return." Knee problems still bother me. I don't know what the future holds, but I have to make a choice so that I can go on with my life without pain. ”
The 33-year-old man longs for a normal life without pain, most of us, though shocked, have blessed him, and he has put too much effort into his comeback, we understand.
So which other players besides Del Potro are likely to retire in 2022?
Federer is likely to retire in October.
Federer suffered his first Wimbledon first egg in the third set in a focus match in the Wimbledon men's singles quarterfinals last year, losing 3-6, 6-7, 0-6 to 14th seed Polish rising star Hulkac, regrettably stopping in the quarterfinals. He was then heartbroken for the rest of last year's season due to injury.
Asked about his comeback recently, the Swiss king said: "Of course I still need to go back to the tennis court. So this question may be clearer to answer in April or May. But now I'm still motivated to do what I can. I trained this morning and will continue to go to the gym tomorrow morning. I worked very hard and although the recovery progress was a bit slow, I felt good... Actually, I wanted to do more training, but the doctors and others kept trying to persuade me to be more patient. ”
Recently, the news came that Federer will return from this year's grass season, will participate in this year's Wimbledon and US Open, and will usher in a career farewell battle at Basel at the end of October this year. If it is true, then I really don't know what the result will be, everyone knows that he is 40 years old, and his competitiveness is not as good as before... Let's wait for the news in four or five months.
Williams, who had already won wild cards, missed this year's Australian Open due to injury, and her world ranking has dropped to 464th. The last time she competed in the WTA was in Chicago in August, and she hasn't competed in five months.
Serena Williams, who recently had a question-and-answer session on social media, where one of the questions was about the comeback, said she had been taking the time to heal her injuries and get her health back to 100%, saying: "I'm doing a great job, yes, I'm happy. The most important thing is to guess how I can get back on the tour, can't wait. Interpreted as hinting that she would soon return to the tour.
As we all know, the 41-year-old American star persevered because of her sister Serena Williams, who also withdrew from this season's Australian Open due to injury and fell to 244th.
Since the comeback of the American star, he has repeatedly impacted the Grand Slam but has not received any results. She's 40 years old and her chances are running out. Since last year's Wimbledon first round of injury withdrawal, has been hanging a free card.
So far, Serena Williams has not clearly revealed the exact time of the comeback. When she will play is still unknown, but it also makes people feel that she is not far from retiring.
If you want them to play, unless they're like Nadal who won the second Australian Open title and achieved a very great feat, he told us: "It could have been my last Australian Open this year, but this title means a lot to me and I'll do my best to come back here again next year." Obviously, unless a miracle happens, they may continue to play...
ps: Xiaobian drew an illustration for Federer and Nadal, looking forward to The Fitner reunion in September!
(Source: Tennis House Author: Stray Rabbit)