Rafael Nadal, insufficiently recovered from a left leg injury, forfeits Monte-Carlo. CARL RECINE / PANORAMIC
The Spaniard (36), eleven times winner of the Monegasque tournament but insufficiently recovered from a left leg injury, announced his withdrawal from the table on Tuesday. Carlos Alcaraz (19) also gives up.
« I’m not ready to compete at the highest level yet “Wrote Rafael Nadal on Tuesday on his Twitter account. The Spaniard (36) announces his package for the Masters 1000 in Monte-Carlo (April 9-16), ” one of the most important tournaments of [sa] career “. Falling back to 14th place in the ATP rankings, the former N.1 won this first clay-court tournament of the season eleven times.
Injured in the left leg since the Australian Open, the Mallorcan has not played since and ” continue [son] preparation process, hope to be back soon “. The race against time is on for Roland-Garros (May 28-June 11). Before presenting himself at Porte d’Auteuil to aim for a fifteenth coronation, he can hope to play at least one of the three other preparation tournaments on ocher: Barcelona (April 17-23), Madrid (April 26-May 7) and Rome (10 -May 21st).
Already last season, Nadal was unable to participate in the Monegasque tournament after an injury suffered in the final of the Indian Wells tournament, lost at the time against Taylor Fritz. Back to compete in Madrid a few weeks later, he then won his fourteenth Roland-Garros in early June.
Carlos Alcaraz forfeits in turn
In the wake of his eldest, the world No.2 Carlos Alcaraz also gives up going to Monaco. The Murcian felt “muscular discomfort” at the end of his lost final in Miami against Jannik Sinner. He suffers “post-traumatic arthritis in the left hand and muscle discomfort in the spine».
He has every interest in aligning himself with Barcelona and Madrid, tournaments of which he is the defending champion and where he could lose the points acquired last season.
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