By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Thursday April 4, 2024
Monte-Carlo can be a no go for 11-time champion Rafael Nadal.
The Spaniard introduced his withdrawal from subsequent week’s Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters occasion on social media on Thursday, with the next assertion:
“These are very tough moments for me, sporting sensible. Sadly I’ve to let you know that I’m not going to be enjoying in Monte Carlo.
“My physique merely received’t permit me. And even when I’m working onerous and making the utmost effort every single day with all the desire to play and compete once more at tournaments which have been essential for me, the reality is that I can’t play right now. You haven’t any concept how onerous that is for me to not have the ability to play these occasions.”
Hello all, these are very tough moments for me, sporting sensible. Sadly I’ve to let you know that I’m not going to be enjoying in Monte Carlo. My physique merely received’t permit me. pic.twitter.com/BEi0UUe1au
— Rafa Nadal (@RafaelNadal) April 4, 2024
Off the tour since struggling a microtear to a muscle (round the place he had his left hip flexor surgically repaired) in Brisbane in January, Nadal has been practising repeatedly and even made an look in Las Vegas in early March, on the Netflix Slam, an exhibition with Carlos Alcaraz.
Since then Nadal has pulled out of Indian Wells, and now Monte-Carlo.
He’s hoping to get his physique proper to compete for a fifteenth Roland-Garros in Could.
The 14-time champion pulled out of final yr’s draw – he has performed simply seven matches on tour for the reason that begin of the 2023 season.
