Rafael Nadal also absent from the Madrid Open

Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal has announced that he will not be able to participate in the Madrid Open due to injury.

Announcing that he will not be able to participate in the tournament that will take place in Madrid, the capital of Spain, between April 26 and May 7, in his social media post, Nadal said: “We initially forecast a period of recovery from 6-8. weeks, but now we are in week 14. The truth is that the situation is not what we expected. My injury hasn’t healed yet and I can’t train enough to qualify for tournaments. Unfortunately, for this reason I will not be able to compete in the Madrid Open, one of the most important tournaments of my career”. he used the phrases.

Finally, the 36-year-old, who participated in the Australian Open in January, the first Grand Slam tournament of the season, was unable to participate in many tournaments due to a left hip injury. After missing the Indian Wells and Miami tournaments this season, Nadal had to withdraw from the clay-court tournaments in Monte Carlo, Barcelona and Madrid, which are in a way a preparation for the French Open.

Sharing the record of the men’s tennis player who won the most Grand Slam tournaments with 22 championships each, with world number 1 Novak Djokovic of Serbia, Nadal slipped to 14th in the singles rankings due to his long-term injury. duration. (AA)