Rafael Nadal withdraws from Wimbledon, Tokyo Olympics hopes to “extend” his career

One of tennis’s greatest players is on vacation, and in return, he will miss two of the biggest sports events on the 2021 calendar. In the announcement made on social media on Thursday morning, Rafael Nadal revealed that he will not participate in Wimbledon or the Tokyo Olympics this year.

Nadal said it was not “an easy decision” but thought it was the best move for his overall health.

Nadal wrote: “My goal is to prolong my career and continue to do things that make me happy, which is to compete at the highest level and fight for those professional and personal goals in the highest level of competition.” In fact, there are only two weeks between the RG (French Open) and Wimbledon, which has not made it easier for my body to recover after the always harsh clay court season. Their two months of hard work and The focus of my decision to take is to focus on the medium and long term.”

Nadal will be replaced by Stephanos Sisipas as the No. 3 seed at Wimbledon, who advances to the French Open final before losing to Djokovic. Nadal just advanced to the semifinals of the French Open, where he eventually lost to the eventual champion No. 1 seed Novak Djokovic.

The Spanish star won Wimbledon twice in 2008 and 2010. In addition, Nadal won the singles gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and won the doubles gold medal with Mark Lopez at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics.

Overall, Nadal has won 20 Grand Slam titles in his legendary career, tied with Roger Federer for the highest in history. This number will remain at least 20 people until the start of the US Open in August.