With the 2025 tennis season nearing its end, players have given it their all on the court over the past eight months. Naturally, playing tournament after tournament can sometimes have a brutal effect on the player’s physical fitness. The grind of the tour is no secret with even top stars like Carlos Alcaraz critical of the fact. “Probably they are going to kill us in some way,” said the Spaniard. “Right now a lot of good players are going to miss a lot of tournaments because of that [injury].” In fact one such incident occurred earlier today, when 35-year-old British star Daniel Evans had to withdraw midway through his match. He suffered a nasty injury, and it didn’t look good for him at all.

Evans was playing in the ATP Challenger event in Guangzhou. A seventh seed there, Evans reached the quarterfinals and was up against Juan Manuel Cerundolo in the last eight. Evans made a bright start to the match and was up 6-4, 1-1 when he fell on the court during a rally and injured his wrist in the process. Evans looked in visible pain after that fall and lay on the court for a long time.

Subsequently, Daniel Evans took a medical timeout, and the physio attended to him. As he was leading one set to love, Evans decided to continue playing with the injury, but he couldn’t last long as he withdrew from the match after the next game.

Over the past few months, Evans has been playing non-stop tennis, especially on the hard courts. Over the past month, he has played in as many as four tournaments, although he failed to dig deep in any of them. At 35, Evans doesn’t have the same speed and agility as before, and he was feeling the effects of a hectic schedule during his match today. The nasty fall made matters worse, and he had to pull out of his match midway.

Although Evans has given his all this year, the results haven’t gone his way. He dropped out of the top 150 of the ATP rankings and failed to make it to the main draw of all the major tournaments, barring Wimbledon this year. With form and age not being on his side, Evans had an honest opinion about his retirement.

Is Daniel Evans set to retire soon?

Daniel Evans has had one of the worst seasons of his career and has to contend with playing in the second-tier, the ATP Challenger Tour. Given that age is not on his side, the hopes of Evans making a strong comeback have been diminishing day by day. Thus, after he had an early exit at Wimbledon 2025 in the second round, Evans answered the tough question of retirement.

Admitting that the end of his career was nearing, Evans said, “The best part of winning on the tour is, after the victory, getting on the bike to warm up and being with the people who work with you every day. Sometimes we take it for granted, but the last year, or the last two years, have been tough, and I definitely enjoy it, treasure every moment I spend on these courts because the end of my career is approaching, I can’t hide from that.”

Nonetheless, Daniel Evans would hope to have one last laugh before he draws curtains on his career. However, first, he’ll have to recover from the nasty injury sustained today, and fans will have their fingers crossed regarding his well-being.