By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Wednesday August 7, 2024
4-time US Open champion Rafael Nadal is not going to journey to Flushing Meadows in 2024.
The 22-time main champion has withdrawn, and might be changed by American Mackenzie McDonald in the principle draw.
2010, 2013, 2017 and 2019 champion Nadal final performed the Open in 2022, when he misplaced to Frances Tiafoe within the spherical of 16. He has compiled a 67-12 report on the occasion general
“I’ve determined to not compete at this yr’s US Open a spot the place I’ve superb recollections,” Nadal wrote on X. “I’ll miss these electrical and particular evening periods in NYC at Ashe, however I don’t suppose I might be capable to give my 100% this time.”
Hello all, writing as we speak to allow you to guys know that I’ve determined to not compete at this yr’s US Open a spot the place I’ve superb recollections.I’ll miss these electrical and particular evening periods in NYC at Ashe, however I don’t suppose I might be capable to give my 100% this time.Thanks… pic.twitter.com/FluGRWUzIp
— Rafa Nadal (@RafaelNadal) August 7, 2024
“Rafa is an incredible champion and he might be missed through the 2024 US Open by the followers and all these related to the match,” stated US Open match director Stacy Allaster in an announcement. “We want him all the very best and sit up for having him again on the USTA Billie Jean King Nationwide Tennis Heart.”
38-year-old Nadal is 12-7 general in 2024, and most just lately misplaced within the spherical of 32 on the Paris Olympics to Novak Djokovic. The Spaniard is scheduled to play the Laver Cup in Berlin this yr, which might be held on the weekend of Sep 20-22.
