Tennis: Rafa Nadal announces his withdrawal from Monte Carlo: “My body won’t let me”

MADRID, 4 Abr. (EUROPA PRESS) –

The Spanish tennis player Rafa Nadal announced this Thursday that he will not be able to participate in the Monte Carlo tournament, the third Masters 1,000 of the season that begins next week, “simply” because his body does not allow him to return, extending a delicate 2024 that he had planned to be his withdrawal on the slopes.

«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,” the Spaniard wrote on his social networks, lamenting a new absence.

Nadal returned in January after a blank 2023, but an injury in Brisbane, his only tournament so far, prevented him from playing the Australian Open. Afterwards, the champion of 22 ‘greats’ has been leaving every event he had on the calendar, such as Doha and Indian Wells, thinking about the important clay tour.

However, the king of the land is currently missing the first big stop on this surface. “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,” he added.

«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 your love and support always,” she concluded.

Nadal, eleven-time champion in Monte Carlo, undoubtedly has his sights set on Roland Garros, the stage that marked his career with 14 titles, and also on the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, which will be held on the same stage as the French Open. France.

However, the man from Manacor suffers one setback after another due to physical problems, opting for caution in a season that he had planned as a farewell to the circuit, although his intention, as he announced in May 2023, was to finish on the slopes. At the moment, the next events on the calendar are the Conde Godó in Barcelona, ​​the Mutua Madrid Open and the Masters 1,000 in Rome.