Rafael Nadal withdraws from French Open

By  India Blooms News Service   May 19, 2023

Madrid: Spanish Tennis star Rafael Nadal on Thursday said he will not play in the upcoming French Open tournament due to injury.

This will be the first time he will not be featuring in the tournament since making his debut in 2005.

I wont be able to play at Roland-Garros, we havent been able to find a solution to the problem I had in Australia. Im not the kind of guy who comes to play at Roland-Garros only to be there, he was quotes as saying by the Roland Garros website.

Nadal, who is considered as one of the most dominant players in French Open, has won 112 matches on the Porte dAuteuil clay, suffering just three losses along the way.

However, he remained hopeful that his 2024 appearance in the tournament would be his last.

It is probably going to be my last year. My idea and my motivation is to try to enjoy the Tour and say goodbye to all the tournaments that I enjoyed playing. The Olympic Games (played in Roland-Garros), are one of them, but I cant say yet that it will be my last tournament or not, he said.