Tennis news - Rafael Nadal out of Toronto as he battles ongoing foot injury ahead of US Open

ByEurosport

Published 11/08/2021 at 08:32 GMT

Rafael Nadal is continuing to recover from a foot problem that he says has troubled him since the French Open in 2005 and will return to Mallorca in an attempt to "be better again". The injury means Nadal could also miss out on the Western & Southern Open next week ahead of the US Open which starts on August 30.

Rafael Nadal has withdrawn from the National Bank Open with an ongoing foot injury.

The world number four had been absent for two months and pulled out of Wimbledon and the Olympic Games in order to recover from the injury picked up at the French Open in May.

He returned for the Citi Open in Washington last week as the hard court season gets in full swing ahead of the US Open, the final Grand Slam of the year.

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But after aggravating his injury in a second round win over Jack Sock, the Spaniard then lost in the third round to South Africa's Lloyd Harris in three sets.

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The 35-year-old was due to play at the Masters tournament in Toronto, where he is a five-time champion, but has been forced to pull out of the competition which is already underway.

"I really wanted to play here a lot, but now is the moment to make a decision, and this is unfortunately the decision that I have taken," the 20-time Grand Slam champion said in a video message.

"I have had this issue for a couple of months, as people know. Of course, it is not a happy situation after all the success that I had here in Canada, not being able to play this year after missing a year.

"It's a tough one, but that's how it is today."

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