Rafa Nadal’s return will have to wait. Despite the fact that everything seems to indicate that the Spaniard can return to the track next week for the Monte Carlo Masters 1000 dispute, this is not the case.
“I’m not ready to compete at the highest level, so I won’t be able to play in one of the most important tournaments of my career, Monte Carlo. Unfortunately, I am not yet in a position to play with the highest guarantee. I hope to be back in competition soon” he wrote this Tuesday on his twitter account.
A few days ago he lowered expectations about his comeback when he stated that “I don’t know when I will play again, that’s the truth.”
“I don’t know where this information comes from, but obviously, if it’s true, I would confirm it, but unfortunately I can’t.Nadal told reporters.
“I continue my course and I don’t know when I will play again, that’s the truth. I’m in a phase of increasing work. If I knew when I was coming back, I would say, but I don’t know.”he added.
“We have to go day by day and I will not anticipate something that I will not be able to fulfill later; I will say things when I really know them,” remarked the Spaniard, who assured that is “in a phase of increased work” to return on the slopes during the clay period.
David Massey, director of the Monegasque tournament, announced on March 17 that Nadal had registered for the tournament. The Spaniard dropped to world number 14 after playing just four games in 2023, resulting in just one win and three losses.
Your favorite Masters 1000
The Monte Carlo Masters 1000 It is the tournament in that category won the most times by a Balearic tennis player, eleven. The former world number 1 played in Monte Carlo for the first time in 2003, the year he lost in the round of 16 against Argentine Guillermo Coria.
In 2005 began a streak of eight consecutive victorieswhich was interrupted when he lost to Serbian Novak Djokovic in the 2013 final.
In 2014 he fell in the quarterfinals against David Ferrer and in 2015 in the semifinals again against Djokovic.
nadal continued the path of success with the titles of 2016, 2017 and 2018his last victory. In 2019 he lost in the semifinals against Italian Fabio Fognini and in 2021 in the quarterfinals against Russian Andrey Rublev.
In total, Nadal won 76 games in Monte Carlo and lost by six.
Nadal has been training for several weeks on the slopes of his academy in Manacor (Mallorca) after suffering an iliopsoas injury on January 18 in a match against American Mackenzie McDonald in the second round of the Australian Open.
Monte Carlo thrown away, The next big event on the calendar is the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell-Conde de Godó Trophywhich starts on Monday, April 17 at the RCT Barcelona facilities.
Alcaraz and Auger-Aliassime, ME too
Also this Tuesday they announced their withdrawal from the Monesgasco tournament Carlos Alcaraz and Felix Auger-Aliassime. “I have post-traumatic arthritis in my left hand and muscular discomfort in my spine that requires rest to deal with whatever comes next. See you in 2024“wrote the Murcian tennis player on his twitter account.
Source: La Verdad
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