Rafael Nadal withdrew from the Monte-Carlo Masters on Friday after announcing on social media that his body just won’t allow him to compete.
It feels non-stop for him at the moment. He’s won Monte-Carlo 11 times so he’s probably thinking, ‘I’m not going to play in this tournament unless I know that I can win it’. I hope he makes a comeback soon and hopefully we see him in Barcelona.
Nadal has previously stated that he wants to retire after the 2024 season and you really hope that he is going to get the send-off that he wants because he’s travelled to a lot of tournaments, almost competed in them and then had to pull out in the last moment.
After two decades of dominance from Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer, there is talk of a changing of the guard in men’s tennis with 22-year-old Jannik Sinner and 20-year-old Carlos Alcaraz taking the tennis world by storm.
