The following year he retired from his fourth-round match against Stan Wawrinka due to injury, before he was kicked out of the event in 2020.
Then in 2021, he was one match away from winning all four slams in a calendar year and becoming the first man to reach 21 Grand Slams.
However, he was beaten by Daniil Medvedev in straight sets in the final and the Russian was defeated by Rafael Nadal in the final of the Australian Open last month, and the Spaniard now stands alone on the magic number 21.
The world number one is set to compete in his first tournament of 2022 in Dubai later this month.
source: express.co.uk