Tennis: Nadal refuses his participation in the final phase of the ATP

"I'm writing these words to you at the end of the season," said Nadal. "Unfortunately, I had a stomach muscle problem in Paris last week and I also have a free ankle at the ankle, which needs to be removed in the surgery room today." 39; hui ".

He had done everything to play the season well, both for Paris and for London. The ankle injury was not acute, but is now removed because of the injury to the abdominal muscle. "We use this moment to avoid future problems."

Revenge is not possible at the moment

London will not see the meeting with Dominic Thiem, the biggest Austrian star. Nadal, 25, played his penultimate game this season. The enthusiastic quarterfinal of the US Open had won the Spanish after 4:49 of play in five sets, before giving up in the semifinals against Argentine Juan Martin del Potro. Since then, Nadal has not played, the two semi-finalists are now absent from the ATP showdown.

Nadals' series of refusals on hard ground now takes already curious dimensions: for a total of twelve Hartplatzevents that Nadal had called. In Toronto, he won the title at the Open of Australia and the US Open, he dropped out and in the other nine events, he said.

Thiem put at number six

Thus, Dominic Thiem is set Monday in the draw as number six. And even before the start of the Masters in London, it is certain that Serbian Novak Djokovic will remain number one at the end of the year. The next replacement is now American John Isner, currently called Race-Zehnter. Isner is 33, as is Kevin Anderson (RSA / 32 year old) in London.

Already on Saturday, del Potro had officially confirmed the cancellation in the hall after a patellar fracture and had thus propelled the Japanese Kei Nishikori into the London squad. Curious too: Karen Khachanov, who rose eleven places in the race to eleventh place with the sensational title of Paris Bercy, is now the first replacement.