Nadal will not play in Monte Carlo

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Rafael Nadal, out of competition since the Brisbane tournament last January, has announced on social networks that he will not play the Monte Carlo Masters 1,000, which is held on land and begins next week.

“Hello everyone! These are difficult times for me sportingly speaking. Unfortunately I inform you that I am not going to play in Monte Carlo. My body simply won’t let me,” says Rafael Nadal, who had to stop at the beginning of the year due to an injury to his left hip after playing in the Brisbane tournament, the only one he has played so far in 2024.

The twenty-two Grand Slam winner, who missed almost all of 2023 due to an iliopsoas ailment, chose not to compete in the American tour and focus on the clay season. After giving up the Indian Wells tournament, included in his initial roadmap, he has also ruled out Monte Carlo, the first Masters 1,000 on clay.

“And although I continue working and trying my best every day with the hope of being able to compete in tournaments that have been very important to me, the reality is that today I cannot,” adds Rafael Nadal.

“I have no choice but to accept the situation and try to look towards the immediate future while maintaining hope and desire to give myself the opportunity for things to improve. A big hug to everyone and thank you for the love and support always! ”She concludes.

Rafael Nadal had planned to return at the Monte Carlo Masters 1,000, which will be played from April 7 to 14 and which he has won eleven times, the last in 2018 and with which he was going to begin his return to the circuit.

The Barcelona tournament and the Madrid Masters 1,000 are those that appear next on the season calendar and have the presence of the Spaniard, who has set his big goals at Roland Garros and the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

After his reappearance in the Brisbane tournament at the beginning of the year, where he won two matches, against the Austrian Dominic Thiem and the Australian Jason Kubler, and was eliminated in the quarterfinals by the local Jordan Thompson, the 37-year-old tennis player from Manacor , has gradually renounced commitments that it had planned.