Rafael Nadal did not get the career end he deserved, says Mark Petchy, but he thinks it\u2019s a matter of time before a new send-off comes the Spaniard\u2019s way. <\/strong><\/p>\n Nadal officially retired at the Davis Cup Finals this year while representing Spain. It was a relatively meek end for a career that scaled such incredible heights, and it came after a bleak last couple of years with injuries.<\/p>\n The 22-time Major winner battled foot, hip, and abdominal injuries for the final two years of his career and was never able to string enough matches together to make anything like an effective comeback.<\/p>\n Such a glorious career definitely deserved a more storied end, but Petchy says that\u2019s just the nature of sports.<\/p>\n \u201cUnfortunately, these are not Hollywood scripts,\u201d Petchy told Betway. \u201cAt the end of the day, they\u2019re real-life stories.<\/p>\n \u201cThe ending wasn\u2019t quite what everyone who witnessed his triumphs would have wanted but I genuinely believe that they\u2019ll be another send-off that will magnify just how great he\u2019s been.<\/p>\n \u201cI would imagine they\u2019ll be another rapid tribute that will feel more meaningful to all of us in terms of what he has done to our lives, not just to tennis, but to everybody\u2019s lives. It has been phenomenal to watch somebody that changed the game.\u201d<\/p>\n