Novak Djokovic ya nemi abokin hamayarsa na mai shekaru, Rafael Nadal, ya janye shirin yajiretar daga wasan tennis bayan ya doke shi a ranar Satumba a wani gasar nune-nune a Saudi Arabia.
Djokovic ya ce haka a wata hira da aka yi masa a filin wasa bayan ya doke Nadal a seti biyu 6-2, 7-6 (7/5) a gasar “Six Kings Slam” a Saudi Arabia.
Nadal, wanda ya kai shekara 38, ya sanar a ranar 10 ga Oktoba cewa zai yi ritaya daga wasan tennis bayan gasar Davis Cup Finals a Malaga da za a gudanar a watan nan.
Majalisar gasar ta Saudi ta bayyana wasan ranar Satumba a matsayin wata damar da za ta zama wasan karshe na Nadal a matsayin ƙwararren dan wasa.
Nadal ya ce a ranar Alhamis ba zai iya tabbatar da idan zai samu lafiya ya buga wasan singles a Malaga.
Djokovic da Nadal — biyu daga cikin manyan ‘Big Three’ tare da Roger Federer — sun hadu 60 mara a kan hanyar zuwa gasar kafin wasan nune-nune na ranar Satumba, tare da Djokovic da ke da nasara 31-29.
Djokovic, wanda ya kai shekara 37, ya ce a ranar Satumba cewa hamayyar ta kasance ‘mai zafi’ kuma ya ce Nadal ina matukar bashi ya kwana a wani bakin teku inda suke da shaye.
Nadal, wanda aka ba shi raket ɗin tennis ɗin zinariya bayan wasan, ya goda Djokovic saboda ‘hamayyar ta ban mamaki’ da ‘dukkan lokutan da muka raba a filin wasa’.