“He was a little bit physically affected at the end,” said tournament director Guy Forget.

“It was more a little pain in the foot.

He had, again, the class not to talk about it at all.”

Rafael Nadal playing tennis

But don’t worry it doesn’t appear that Nadal is looking towards the end of his career.

If anything, he’s hoping that this decision will enable his career to be better than ever.

Rafael Nadal walking off tennis court, waving