Rafael Nadal has introduced that he’ll skip Wimbledon subsequent month and plans to concentrate on making ready for the 2024 Paris Olympics.
The Summer season Video games will probably be performed at Roland Garros, which is the positioning of the French Open every year. Nadal competed within the 2024 French Open earlier this month however was eradicated in straight units within the first spherical by ultimately runner-up Alexander Zverev.
“Throughout my submit match press convention at Roland Garros I used to be requested about my summer season calendar and since then I’ve been training on clay. It was introduced yesterday that I’ll play on the summer season Olympics in Paris, my final Olympics,” Nadal posted on X on Thursday.
“With this objective, we consider that the perfect for my physique is to not change floor and preserve taking part in on clay till then. It is for that reason that I’ll miss taking part in on the championships this 12 months at Wimbledon,” Nadal wrote. “I’m saddened not to have the ability to dwell this 12 months the nice ambiance of that tremendous occasion that can all the time be in my coronary heart, and be with all of the British followers that all the time gave me nice assist. I’ll miss you all.”
Nadal, 38, has handled vital accidents lately as he missed almost all the 2023 tennis calendar because of a hip damage. He suffered one other setback at first of the 12 months with a small muscle tear in his hip, although not in the identical spot the place he underwent surgical procedure.
The Spanish star has two Wimbledon titles to his title through the years with the newest win coming in 2010. He has additionally received a pair of Olympic gold medals throughout his skilled profession, taking house an Olympic singles gold medal in 2008 and an Olympic doubles gold medal in 2016. This time round, Nadal plans to compete in doubles with 2024 French Open champion Carlos Alcaraz.
Nadal acknowledged that he’ll practice for the Summer season Olympics on the ATP 250 clay-court event in Bastad, Sweden, which is able to start on July 15. This can mark the primary time that Nadal will play on the occasion in 19 years.
The Paris Olympics get underway on July 26 and run by way of Aug. 11.
