May 26, 2016; Paris, France; Rafael Nadal (ESP) at a change of ends during his match against Facundo … People don’t talk about the wear and tear on your body from tennis: It’s a rough sport! Then we’re going to do the treatment and we hope that works well.
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“I think he could have played tomorrow”, said Forget.
Murray, a three-time semi-finalist, had needed two five-set matches and three days of play to get to the last 32.
The most important thing about this is obviously Nadal’s long-term health. He said that his wrist is not in its 100%, but is not broken. He missed lead-up events in Madrid and Rome due to an elbow injury, something he said he had never dealt with before.
“So it’s not good for anybody, you know, waiting the whole day, for players, for fans, for tournament organizers. If this was not Roland Garros I probably wouldn’t taken the risk of playing in the first couple of days”. Just work harder. I’m working hard, but just work hard and improve the things which were not the best.
“I’m here to announce that I have to retire from the tournament because I have a problem in my wrist that I have had a couple of weeks”, Nadal, 30 next week, told a packed room. Perhaps the Olympics, and not Wimbledon, is the priority if he had to choose one – he is due to be Spain’s flag bearer in Rio. He also felt it did not compare with some of the knee injuries that have interrupted his career in the past.
2015 was his worst full year on the circuit as fitness concerns continued to plague him throughout the year and he ended it without winning a single Grand Slam title for the first time in over a decade. Then there have been back troubles and appendicitis. Many had ruled him out in February 2013 when he remained out of courts for seven months but he came back and won two Grand Slams and eight other titles that year.
Playing in the third round at a grand slam for the first time, Bedene broke the Djokovic serve twice and kept the world number one detained for more than two hours before going down 6-2 6-3 6-3.
Nadal and Djokovic landed in the same half of the draw and many were anticipating a semifinal showdown a year after the Serb downed his rival in the quarterfinals.
Rafael Nadal’s injury has not only cast a major setback in his quest to regain his old form, but may have also brought serious implications in the Spaniard’s future this season. He was scheduled to play against Marcel Granollers the day after he made the announcement.
Nadal explains his reasons for pulling out of the French Open.
That match was due to take place following the second-round mixed doubles match featuring fellow Taiwanese Chuang Chia-jung and Henri Kontinen of Finland against eighth-seeded U.S. duo Coco Vandeweghe and Bob Bryan. In 2014, the right wrist injury knocked him out of the US Open.
Milos Raonic maintained his flawless tournament by accounting for Andrej Martin 7-6 (7-4) 6-2 6-3, while Nick Kyrgios was beaten in straight sets by home hope Richard Gasquet. Isner edged Teymuraz Gabashvili 7-6 (9-7) 4-6 2-6 6-4 6-2.
Late in the first set, the 17th-seeded Australian had his left shoulder massaged by a trainer.
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Ordinarily 10th seed and twice Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova’s 6-0 6-7 (3) 6-0 defeat by 108th-ranked American Shelby Rogers would have been a big talking point.
