Rafael Nadal will not play the Canadian Masters 1000 due to “a little annoyance” that appeared at the time of serving while training at his academy in Mallorca.
The tennis player himself announced it through his Twitter account, where he was cautious to finish recovering from the abdominal injury that left him out of Wimbledon and arrive at the US Open in optimal conditions.
“Since the vacation days and my subsequent return to training, everything has gone well these weeks. Four days ago I also started training the service and Yesterday, after training, I had a little discomfort that was still there today”, He began by describing Rafa.
“We have decided not to travel to Montreal and continue training without forcing. I sincerely thank the tournament director, Eugene and his entire team for the understanding and support they have always shown me and today was no exception,” he continued.
“I hope to play again in Montreal, a tournament that I love and that I have won five times in front of an audience that has always welcomed me with great affection. I have no choice but to be prudent at this point and think about health”he concluded.
It remains to be seen if he will be able to say present in Cincinnati, a tournament that, for different reasons, he skipped in the last four seasons and where he was champion in 2013.
The fight for No. 1
In this way, Nadal, leader of the Race (annual ranking), loses ground in the fight to be number 1 in the world againsince today it belongs to the Russian Daniil Medvedev, and he will have to bet all his chips on the US Open, taking into account that he does not usually add many points in the final stretch of the season (Shanghai, Paris and ATP Finals).
The Mallorcan has no points to defend in the remainder of this 2022 and he finds himself with very good chances of discounting the 955 that separate him from the Russian, who, by On the contrary, he defends the titles of the Masters 1000 of Canada and also of the US Open, in addition to the finals of Paris-Bercy and in the ATP Finals.
This, added to a Alexander Zverev who is still recovering from the injury suffered at Roland Garros and the difficulty of Novak Djokovic to put together his calendar, they gave him a glimmer of hope with returning to the top. However, injuries reappear in her path.
In this context, Carlos Alcaraz and Stefanos Tsitsipas are excited about reaching the top for the first time. Today they are second and third in the Race respectively.
Djokovic, is also low
Novak Djokovic is another of the weighty absences for the Canadian Masters 1000which will be held from August 5 to 14 in Montreal, given that the health policy of that country requires that the unvaccinated quarantine for 14 days upon arrival.
The Serbian continues with the problems after being banned from the Australian Open and the Masters 1000 in Indian Wells and Miami. In addition, beyond his coronation in All England, he lost the 2,000 points of his title at Wimbledon, due to the dispute between the ATP and the tournament organizers over the veto of Russians and Belarusians, and it is almost a fact that he will not be able to play either. the US Open or Cincinnati.
Last Saturday, through his Twitter account, he posted a video training on the track and showed a light of hope of traveling to the United States, but the panorama is complex. Today he is sixth in the ranking, tenth in the Race, and his qualification for the ATP Finals is in serious danger.
