Rafael Nadal withdrew from the Monte Carlo Masters the place he was anticipated to make a comeback.© AFP
Rafael Nadal withdrew from the Monte Carlo Masters on Thursday, the place the 22-time Grand Slam winner was anticipated to make his ATP Tour comeback. “Unfortunately I have to tell you that I am not going to be playing in Monte Carlo. My body simply won’t allow me,” stated the 37-year-old Spaniard on social media. The report 11-time Monte Carlo winner missed nearly all the 2023 season by damage and has solely performed on the Brisbane International this season, the place he felt a hip damage flare-up.
He misplaced towards Carlos Alcaraz in a Las Vegas exhibition in March earlier than pulling out of the Indian Wells Masters, the place he had first meant to make his comeback.
“Even if I am working hard and making the maximum effort every day with all the will to play and compete again at tournaments that have been very important for me, the truth is that I can’t play today,” Nadal continued.
“You have no idea how hard this is for me to not be able to play these events.
“The solely factor I can do is to just accept the state of affairs and take a look at to have a look at the rapid future conserving the thrill and can to play as a way to give me an opportunity for issues to get higher.”
The claycourt specialist has dropped to 646th in the ATP rankings and was due to use a protected ranking of ninth to get into the main draw in Monte Carlo, the first clay-court Masters 1000 event of the 2024 season.
The last of Nadal’s 11 wins in the Principality was in 2018, he fell at the semi-finals in 2019, the quarters in 2021 and missed the 2020, 2022 and 2023 editions.
He was due to use Monte Carlo as a springboard to perhaps his last ever French Open, a Grand slam event he has won a record 14 times.
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