Categories: Tennis

Why doesn’t Nadal play the Monte Carlo ATP?

The third Masters 1,000 of the season is already underway. Until next Sunday, April 17, the Monte-Carlo Country Club will host the start of the European clay court tour. He will, however, without his king. Rafa Nadal will not be present at the tournament. The Balearic tennis player, therefore, continues to recover from his injury, from the crack in his ribs from Indian Wells, where he fell, already with great discomfort, against Tylor Fritz in the final.

“I have always had that spirit of struggle and overcoming and what I will do is be patient and work hard after my recovery”, published the Spaniard after confirming the physical problems. In that it is. Four to six weeks of recovery. At the time of the start of the Monte Carlo tournament, he is close to finishing the third.

When will Nadal return?

Madrid (from April 26 to May 8) could host Nadal’s return to competition, as he appears on the tournament entry list. Also Novak Djokovic, with whom he has not faced since the semifinals of Roland Garros 2021. The Serbian tennis player, on the other hand, will be the top seed in Monaco, where Rafa has triumphed 11 times. Along with him, other big names, such as the current champion, Stefanos TsitsipasAlexander Zverev or Carlos Alcaraz.

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