"I was working as much as possible every single day for the last four months," Nadal mentioned. "It has been very difficult months because we were not able to find the solution to the problem that I had in Australia.

"Today I'm nonetheless able that I'm not capable of really feel myself able to compete on the requirements that I must be [at] to play a Roland-Garros. I'm not the man that's going to be at Roland-Garros and simply attempt to be there and put myself able that I do not prefer to be [in].

"My ambition is to try to enjoy next year, which will probably be my last year in professional competition. My motivation is to try to say goodbye to all the important tournaments. 2024 will probably be my last year. I'm not going to set a return date before that. It could be reaching the Davis Cup at the end of 2023."