Rafael Nadal is ready to tell whether or not he’ll play at this 12 months’s French Open or not in a press convention in Mallorca, Spain on Thursday.
The French Open begins on May 28.
“Rafa Nadal will hold a press conference tomorrow at 4pm (7:30pm IST) at the Rafa Nadal Academy to inform about his participation in Roland Garros. If he plays or not and the reasons either way will be only be communicated tomorrow,” the 22-time Major winner’s crew stated.
Nadal has not missed French Open since making his debut on the clay Major in 2005. The Spaniard has received the title a record-breaking 14 instances in Paris with the latest one coming ultimately 12 months’s version when he beat Norway’s Casper Ruud 6-3, 6-3, 6-0 within the closing.
However, Nadal, who turns 37 subsequent month, has not performed a match since sustaining a hip damage throughout his second-round loss to USA’s Mackenzie McDonald on the Australian Open in January. During this era, he has additionally dropped out of the ATP Top 10 for the primary time since his entry in April 2005.
Initially, Nadal had stated that he would miss “six to eight weeks” submit the damage which might have meant him being prepared for the clay-court season in mid-April. However, he later admitted that he was nonetheless within the “preparation process” and ended up lacking the occasions in Monte Carlo, Barcelona, Madrid and this week’s Italian Open in Rome.
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com