Former Wimbledon finalist Nick Kyrgios is planning on hanging up his racket in the next two years.
Having recently confirmed he will miss the Australian Open in the New Year due to injury, the 28-year-old has set out his desire to retire on his "own terms".
"I only want to play for about another one to two years, and be at the top, and go down my own terms," he said in an interview on the 'On Purpose with Jay Shetty' podcast.
"I would hate to have another surgery or anything like that. I think I've still got the ability to have a good one to two years and then that's it.
"I think I'll be at peace with everything I've achieved and ... I'm going to have to just say: 'Look, to everyone out there who wants me to play more, you're just going to have to be OK with me not playing anymore'."
Kyrgios has often divided fans with his spiky nature on court, and last played in the summer before pulling out of Wimbledon with a wrist issue.
The Australian recently opened up on his mental health struggles which included self-harm and thoughts of suicide. And he has admitted that he is "tired" of tennis as he opened up on his latest battle to overcome injury.
"If I had a bit of a normal career and I flew under the radar, I don't feel I'd feel this way, but those couple years really, I think, put a lot on my age," he added. "It's just hard. I am tired. I'm tired of playing tennis."
Of his rehabilitation, he said: "It's hard, it's hard.
"I'm going to the gym, I'm doing my rehab, these surgeries aren't just like little surgeries, they're like you might have something seriously wrong with your body and it takes time. I'm only human ... it takes months and months of strength, consistency, diligence to get back to playing tennis at that high level again.
"I don't want to get back on tour and just play decent, I was competing for a Grand Slam, so I want to get back to that level. So it might take a bit more time."
