Juan Martin del Potro says he wants to “live my life without pain” as he prepares to face Novak Djokovic in an exhibition match to commemorate the end of his tennis career.

Juan del Potro is set to play Novak Djokovic in a "goodbye" exhibition match as he opened up about the extent of his "endless injury nightmare".

The 36-year-old played his last professional match in February 2022 after years of battling to overcome debilitating knee injuries.

Juan Martín del Potro, former ATP nº3 in 2018 and winner of the 2009 US Open, one ofthe only tennis players able to rival Rafa Nadal, Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic during the "big three" era, stopped playing tennis in 2022.

Novak Djokovic is set to compete in a farewell exhibition match with Juan Martin del Potro, who has revealed that he feels ‘terrible’ after retiring from the sport two years ago. Del Potro played his final official match at the Argentina Open against Federico Delbonis in 2022, in what were very emotional scenes in Buenos Aires.

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The 2009 US Open winner has lived with ‘terrible’ daily pain since concluding his injury-plagued career in 2022

Juan Martin del Potro has detailed the heartbreaking reality of his knee injury as he takes “seven pills a day” and lives a “never-ending nightmare”. The former world No. 3 injured his knee at Queen’s in 2019 and has been in pain ever since, having multiple unsuccessful surgeries.

Juan Martin del Potro shared some heartbreaking moments from his "never-ending" injury nightmare he has endured in the last five years.