MADRID – The Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal communicated through his social media that he is ending his season due to the need to take it “for a while” as he has been suffering “a lot more than he should” for a year with his foot.
“After talking to the team and family, this decision has been made and I think it is the way forward to try to recover and recover well,” said the current number four in the ranking. ATP.
“It’s been a year that I’ve missed things that matter a lot to me, like Wimbledon, how the Olympics are, what the U.S. Open will be like now, like so many other events that are also important to me. And in view of that over the last year I haven’t had the ability to be able to train, prepare and compete the way I really like to do, as I come to the conclusion that what I need is time to recover. ” , added.
Hello everyone: I wanted to let you know that unfortunately I have to end the 2021 season.
I honestly have been suffering a lot more than I should have with my foot for a year and I need to take some time off.– Rafa Nadal (@RafaelNadal) August 20, 2021
The tennis player from Manacor (Mallorca) acknowledged that it is not a new injury, but it takes with her from 2005, although it did not prevent him at any moment to develop his sport race with normality: “We need to change a number of things and try to understand what the evolution of the foot has been in recent times.”
“I have a season where things are not going as they should, as we would all like, and it is time to make decisions, look for a slightly different type of treatment to find a solution to this problem or at least improve in order to be able to to continue to have options for the next few years, ”he commented ahead of his recovery.
The thirteen-time Roland Garros champion claimed that in spite of everything he finds himself with “the maximum enthusiasm and predisposition to do what is necessary to recover the best possible form, to continue competing for the things that really” motivate him.
Similarly, he was convinced that he will recover from his injury: “I am convinced that with the recovery of the foot and obviously a very important daily effort, but this can be achieved. I will work as hard as I can because so be it “.
Olympic champion in Beijing 2008, ended his statement by thanking the support received: “Thank you in advance for all the support, understanding and all your displays of affection that are very important and more in complicated times like these.”
“I promise you that I will work hard to try to continue enjoying this sport for a while longer. A big hug to everyone,” he ruled.