2023-05-18 17:52:12
[Sports News]The 22-time Grand Slam winner Rafael Nadal (Rafael Nadal) held a press conference on Thursday (18th) and announced his withdrawal from the French Open on the 28th of this month due to his hip injury. This is his first absence since he participated in the French Open for the first time in 2005. The almost 37-year-old Spanish “Uranus” even dropped the shock bomb that “next year may be his last season”!
After Nadal was eliminated in the second round of the Australian Open at the beginning of this year, he was sidelined due to a hip injury. At first, the recovery period was expected to be 6 to 8 weeks, but he has not been able to recover from his injury. The “Quadruple Champions” will not be able to return to Roland Garros to defend their title. “I won’t participate in the French Open because I’m not ready yet.” Nadal held a press conference at his tennis academy in his hometown of Mallorca on Thursday night, Spanish time. He personally confirmed that he could only stop temporarily due to his physical condition .
“We tried various treatments, but for some reason, the recovery process was not as expected and we were in a difficult situation. I always hoped to participate in the mud court season, because Monte Carlo, Barcelona, Madrid, Rome, the French Open are all in my important position in my career.” Nadal added: “For the past four months, I have worked as hard as I can every day. These months have been very difficult because we have not been able to find a way to deal with my problems. The problems that Australia (Australian Open) had, even today I am still in this situation, I feel that I am not competitive enough to play the French Open.”
Nadal, whose career has been tossed by injuries for a long time, said: “Since suffering from new coronary pneumonia, my body cannot persist in daily training and other work in a good state. So I cannot enjoy practice and competition because there are too many problems. Had to stop too many times because of physical issues, too much pain on the training ground so I need to stop for a while, I don’t know when I will be back on the training ground, but I do stop, maybe two One month, maybe one and a half months, maybe three months, four months. We will try other treatments and try to catch up with the next game. I have no choice but to maintain the right attitude and work hard with strong willpower. “
Nadal, who will be 37 years old on the 3rd of next month, not only missed the French Open for the first time, but also missed Wimbledon on July 3, and even 2024 will be a farewell tour, “I want to participate in the competition in 2024, that is very likely This is the last year of my career, and I hope to enjoy and bid farewell to some events, including the Paris Olympics, of course.” In addition to ending his 18 consecutive years of clay Grand Slam participation, Nadal will face deduction of points for defending the French Open. Its world men’s singles ranking will also plummet from the current 14th to outside the top 100.
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