[Inglewood Jack]

this interview's a few days old so not sure if it got posted already, but this is the saddest thing you'll read this week...the total opposite of Roger's celebratory farewell.

https://nypost.com/2022/09/27/juan-m...ithout-tennis/

“I can’t psychologically accept a life without tennis,” the 34-year-old Argentine said in a recent interview with the media from his homeland. “I did not have a gradual transition to the after, I did not prepare, I have no idea what the other athletes did to live this process peacefully.

“I was No. 3 in the world, then suddenly I broke my knees and here I am, with nothing.”

“I recently went to Switzerland to see another doctor,” del Potro recently told reporters in Argentina. “I started another treatment, it was recommended by many tennis players and so far I have not even had a positive result.

“Imagine what it’s like after every treatment attempt or surgery, the frustration I can feel when things don’t work out. As usual I delude myself, I hope, I have faith in every new treatment I try and, when this fails, the blow is hard."