The Spaniard, who is recovering from an abdominal injury, has decided to withdraw from the tournament being played in Canada due to a ‘little annoyance’ in the box which has been hurting him since Wimbledon.
Montreal loses another of its stars. Meet Rafael Nadal, world number four and five-time winner of the Canadian Masters 1000 , who after suffering a little abdominal discomfort, decided to withdraw from the event in order to continue his recovery. The US Open continues to appear on the Mallorcan’s radar.
An annoyance that needs to be handled with care, as it was this area that caused him to pull out of Wimbledon ahead of his semi-final match with Nick Kyrgios. Since then, the winner of 22 Grand Slams finds himself without returning to the circuit, carefully preparing his body for the US Open. A tournament that is likely to happen without the rhythm of the matches.
And it is that traditionally Canada was the stop before New York for Nadal. Influenced mainly because the calendar allows him a week of rest before starting in the Big Apple, the northern event has always welcomed the Spaniard, who on the other hand since 2013 he has not played the Cincinnati Masters 1000 . This is now the only option Rafa might have to reach the last big of the year with games in the body. We’ll have to see if he puts that on before the break
“Since the days of vacation and my return to training that followed, everything has been going well these weeks in terms of training and preparation. Four days ago I also started service training and yesterday, after training, I had a little discomfort which was still there today. We decided not to travel to Montreal and to continue training without forcing. I sincerely thank the tournament director, Eugène and his entire team, for the understanding and support they have always shown me and today was no exception. Nadal wrote in a press release.
Thus, Montreal loses another of its stars, only one day after the confirmation of what seemed obvious at that time: Novak Djokovic won’t be at the event either . The Serb is not allowed to enter Canada because he is not vaccinated and the North American cement tour is now almost impossible for the former world number one.
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