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Rafael Nadal is listed Monday at the ATP finals, the end – of – year tournament that begins Sunday in London. The Spaniard still suffers from an injury to the abdomen and undergoes only one operation.
"I am marking a point behind my season", written Nadal, 32, on Twiter. "It was a difficult year, during which I played very well in tennis, but I had a lot of injury problems and I did everything to get in shape for the Paris and London tournaments. Unfortunately, this is not the case.
The seventeenth Grand Slam winner has not played any more matches because of injuries since his statement in the US Open semifinal against the Argentine Juan Martín del Potro It was only his tenth tournament in 2018.
Nadal suffered in New York from his right knee, a problem that he often encountered during His brilliant career last month cost him the tournaments of Beijing and Shanghai, and last Wednesday he retired from the Paris Masters tournament after an injury to the abdominal muscle.
has not recovered enough from the last injury to compete in the final phase of the ATP. Monday on a problem at the right ankle where he has been struggling for some time.
"From time to time, I suffer from this ankle," says Nadal. "Since I can not play London because of my abdominal muscle injury, I will go under the knife, hope I will not have any ankle problem in the future, I hope I can start the next season. " [19659007] Isner replaces Nadal at the ATP finals
Nadal, this year's winner for the 11th time at Roland Garros, was the best of the Monte Carlo, Barcelona, Rome and Toronto tournaments. He lost his first place in the world ranking Novak Djokovic Monday. The Serbian reached the final last week at the Masters Tournament in Paris
American John Isner replaces Nadal by the final of the ATP. The American is the number ten on the annual ranking list. Djokovic, Roger Federer, Alexander Zverev, Kevin Anderson, Marin Cilic, Dominic Thiem and Kei Nishikori are the other participants of the prestigious tournament.
Normally, the final standings are played by the final, but the total number is four. Potro had to cancel an injury earlier. Nishikori has advanced as the first reserve.
The tournament in London starts on Sunday and lasts a week. Last year, the victory in the O2 Arena was won by Grigor Dimitrov, absent this year.
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