Rafael Nadal puts an end to his season. The Balearic tennis player has just announced, through a video, that he is ending his 2021 and will not participate in the next US Open (from August 30 to September 12). After missing Wimbledon and also the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, the Spanish gets off the last ‘big’ of this campaign.
The Spanish assures that nyou need to recover from your left foot discomfort to return with guarantees and, therefore, has decided to unsubscribe from the tournaments that remain this year.
NADAL’S COMMUNICATION
“Hello everyone: I wanted to tell you that unfortunately I have to end the 2021 season. Sincerely I’ve been suffering a lot more than I should with my foot for a year and I need to take some time. After having discussed it with the team and family, this decision has been made and I believe that it is the way forward to try to recover and recover well, “says the tennis player.
This absence leaves open the possibility that the Serbian Novak Djokovic, current number one in the ATP ranking, break the technical tie in the fight for the Grand Slam titles that, right now, he maintains, Nadal and Roger Federer. In case of winning, the one from Belgrade would become the male tennis player with the most ‘greatest’ with a total of 21.
About the treatment to follow, Rafa is clear and forceful in its statement: “It is time to make decisions, look for a slightly different type of treatment to find a solution to this problem or at least improve it in order to continue to have options for the next few years,” he says. .