Follow usThe tennis player will hold a press conference on Thursday
The 14-time Roland Garros champion – Rafael Nadal, will not take part in this year’s edition of the Grand Slam tournament, reports Spanish media Relevo.
It has been 121 days since Nadal’s last official match in the second round of the Australian Open, which ended in defeat to Mackenzie McDonald.
Nadal remains on 445 points in the ATP rankings, which takes him out of the world top 100, more precisely beyond position 130. Tomorrow he will hold a press conference where he will announce officially his decision.
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As per @Relevo, Rafael Nadal WON’T play this year’s Roland Garros. pic.twitter.com/BZytCMJF7K
— Relevant Tennis (@RelevantTennis) May 17, 2023
“Rafa Nadal will hold a press conference tomorrow at 4pm (9 am E.T.) at the Rafa Nadal Academy by MoviStar to inform about his participation in Roland Garros. If he plays or not and the reasons either way will be only be communicated tomorrow.”, his team said.
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