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Thankfully the injury this time wasn't too fatal, Nadal will soon recover and join in enlivening the next competition
But I'm wondering, Nadal has made many achievements in Tennis, he was injury prone in recent years, maybe the age reason, isn't Nadal planning to take a break from Tennis?
The age of this player from Spain has entered 37 years

knowing Nadal's mentality and how he plays in the court and how he never give up in every point, he won't let injuries and his age stop him from competing, I think Nadal will retire and rest is when his feet give up on him, he has that fighting spirit and it's something you can't teach, he still has time in my opinion to win some more.

Agreed, he's one such person who doesn't give up. The attitude is good, but when it comes to our physical fitness at some point we need to take rest and go on. To have a healthy life is really big task and not something simple. Beyond some age however we train ourselves the injuries that we got earlier will show the effects.

No one has doubt about 36 years old Nadal's fighting spirit and love for the tennis with now back to back injuries surely having good impact on mentality with his recent injury surely he disturbed which can hit his future as well but right now as things going most chances he will fight back and have one more try which will give better view about his future but best thing he needs to give time about this all then after consultation of his physio could be much better for his career and life after tennis because any decision can ruin his life as well which will be never ideal situation for him and his family. Healthy life is also very important as he has already done good job in this game and now have his name as one of the best players of this game.

I do agree, health comes first in any sports, but the thing with tennis is that it is not a contact sports, yeah you can get injured or something, but I don't think it will be life threatening. So it won't ruin his life as you have described it, we haven't heard anyone who retire from tennis because of injuries and then just destroyed his future.

Nadal can still push for one more Grand slam for this year, I reckon. And if he didn't win because his body fails him, then maybe he can contemplate on retiring. And then have a life beyond tennis, but it's far from being ruined or something.