Rafael Nadal He breathed a sigh of relief after an unmanageable iliopsoas injury in his left leg kept him from competing since January 18. “Roland Garros was impossible, my body has made this decision,” explained the fourteen-time Parisian Grand Slam champion at a press conference.
He is about to turn 37, he chose “a full stop” in his career as a way to rebuild his body and face a “final firecracker” in 2024, when he will put down the racket.
It will do nadal it almost remains at zero ranking point. Of the 2,445 he has now, 2,000 will remain after the Roland Garros tournament, where he will not be able to defend the crown. And another 190 was from the US tour in August.
This course just added 45 to the Australian Open. If he reappears at the end of the season, thinking about the Davis Cup, he can defend 10 from Paris-Bercy. Not so the 200 of the ATP Finals, where he won’t qualify, obviously.
He is currently fourteenth in the ATP rankings, but will drop to fifteenth or sixteenth after Rome. When Roland Garros ends, he will say goodbye to the top-100, he will fall to 130th place.
With this ranking, he will not enter the draw directly, but since it is a long-term injury, he can request a protected ranking, where he can access tournaments with the position of honor he held before the illness. In addition, you will have a good number of invitations, which “I think I got.” Any event in the world would be happy to give him a wild card, but he will surely roll before this protected ranking.
Current ATP world ranking
1. Carlos Alcaraz (Span) / 6,815
2 Novak Djokovic (Srb) / 5,955
3. Daniil Medvedev (Russian) / 5,510
4. Casper Ruud (Nor) / 4,915
5. Stefanos Tsitsipas (Gree) /4,595
6. Andrey Rublev (Russian) / 4,270
7. Holger Rune (Also) / 4,135
8. Jannik Sinner (Ita) / 3,435
9. Taylor Fritz (USA) / 3,390
10. Felix Auger-Alissime (Can) / 3,065
11. Karen Khachanov (Russian) / 2,945
12. Frances Tiafoe (USA) / 2,790
13. Hubert Hurkacz (Pol) / 2,525
14. Cameron Norrie (GBR) / 2.5220
15. Rafael Nadal (Span) / 2,445
16. Borna Coric (Cro) / 2,410
17. Tommy Paul (USA) / 2,135
18. Lorenzo Musetti (Ita) / 2,040
19. Alex de Minaur (Aus) / 1,870
20. Matteo Berrettini (Ita) / 1,832
Source: La Verdad
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