Rafa Nadal will not play the Miami Masters 1,000 (since March 23). Hours before debuting in Indian Wells, it was learned that the champion of 21 Grand Slams made his drop from the entry list official, in which Novak Djokovic is also absent (he cannot enter the United States without being vaccinated) or Dominic Thiem (who continues to delay his reappearance after various injuries). Instead of the Spaniard, John Millman enters.
Miami update:
OUT: Nadal
IN: Millman
Next: Carballes Baena— Entry List Updates (@EntryLists) March 12, 2022
Miami, then, will be a place that Nadal will still not conquer, although he has reached four finals there. A Masters 1,000 that resists him, like those in Shanghai and Paris-Bercy.
Nadal has not played in Florida since 2017. With a pristine start to the year (champion at the Melbourne ATP 250, the Australian Open and the Acapulco ATP 500), the Spaniard’s priority is to preserve his left foot in the best possible way, in which he suffers from a chronic injury. For it, He has preferred to sacrifice the hard court tournament to take a break before the clay season in which he will link Monte Carlo (from April 11), Barcelona, Madrid, Rome and Roland Garros.