Rafael Nadal pulls out of US Open 2021, season remainder: Here's why
Rafael Nadal of Spain is a 20-time Grand Slam champion, having last won the 2020 French Open. He would be missing US Open 2021 and the remaining season this year due to a foot injury.
FollowSpanish tennis legend Rafael Nadal has decided to withdraw from the upcoming US Open this month and the remainder of the 2021 season. He has cited a foot injury as the reason for the same.
Nadal took to his social media to announce the same. "Hello everyone, I wanted to inform you that, unfortunately, I have to end the 2021 season. Honestly, I've been suffering a lot more than I should with my foot for a year, and I need to take some time."
"After having discussed it with the team and family, this decision has been made, and I think it is the way forward to try to recover and recover well. It's a year that I've missed things that matter a lot to me, like Wimbledon, like the Olympics," he added.
"How the United States Open is going to be now, like many other events that are also important to me and because during this last year I could not train and prepare and compete in the way that I really like do it... In the end, I conclude that what I need is time to recover, change a series of things, try to understand what has been the evolution of their feet in recent times. It is not a new injury. It is an injury that I have had since 2005," he continued.
"It has prevented me from developing my sports career during all these years. For a while, I have said that things are not going as they should, as we would all like. It is time to make decisions, seek a slightly different type of treatment to find a solution to this problem, or at least improve it to continue having options for the next few years. I am with the maximum enthusiasm and predisposition to do whatever it takes to recover the best possible form to keep competing for the things that motivate me and the things that I've done all these years," he further stated.
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"I will work as hard as I can to make it happen. Thank you in advance for all the support, understanding, and expressions of affection that are very important and more in difficult times like these. I promise you what I am going to do is work hard to continue enjoying this sport for a while longer. A big hug to all," he concluded.
He also posted a video on the same on his Instagram handle, captioned, "2021 season. I promise you that I will work hard to try to continue to enjoy this sport for some more time! Big hug to all!"
Nadal's last competitive appearance was this month during the Washington Open, where he was ousted in the pre-quarters. Since his 2021 French Open semis defeat to eventual champion Novak Djokovic of Serbia, he has skipped some top tournaments, including the Wimbledon and Tokyo Olympics.
Nadal has become the third high-profile name to pull out of the US Open after Roger Federer of Switzerland and defending champion Dominic Thiem of Austria. Nadal has won 20 Grand Slam titles, and a title more would make him the most male Slam winner.
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