Rafael Nadal will skip Wimbledon in July in an effort to put together for the Olympic Video games in Paris which shall be performed on the clay courts at Roland Garros, the Spaniard posted on social media on Thursday.
Nadal, a file 14-time winner of the French Open, has been removed from his finest after getting back from accidents and he exited the event at Roland Garros within the first spherical this 12 months, dropping in straight units to eventual runner-up Alexander Zverev.
The 38-year-old missed nearly all of 2023 with a hip downside and his comeback earlier this 12 months was stalled by a muscle tear, earlier than minor accidents affected his preparation for the claycourt main.
“Throughout my publish match press convention at Roland Garros I used to be requested about my summer time calendar and since then I’ve been training on clay. It was introduced yesterday that I’ll play on the summer time Olympics in Paris, my final Olympics,” Nadal mentioned.
“With this objective, we consider that the most effective 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.
“I’m saddened not to have the ability to reside this 12 months the good environment 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 help. I’ll miss you all.”
Nadal, who gained an Olympic singles gold medal in 2008 and a doubles gold in 2016, will crew up with newly-crowned French Open champion Carlos Alcaraz to play within the doubles on the Olympics.
A two-time champion at Wimbledon, Nadal mentioned he would proceed his preparations for the Olympics by taking part in within the ATP 250 claycourt occasion in Bastad, Sweden that shall be performed from July 15.
The Paris Olympics run from July 26-Aug. 11.
