Hi all, I have decided not to participate at this year’s Championships at Wimbledon and the Olympic Games in Tokyo. It’s never an easy decision to take but after listening to my body and discuss it with my team I understand that it is the right decision.

The goal is to prolong my career and continue to do what makes me happy, that is to compete at the highest level and keep fighting for those professional and personal goals at he maximum level of competition.

The fact that there has only been 2 weeks between RG and Wimbledon, didn’t make it easier on my body to recuperate after the always demanding clay court season. They have been two months of great effort and the decision I take is focused looking at the mid and long term.

Sport prevention of any kind of excess in my body is a very important factor at this stage of my career in order to try to keep fighting for the highest level of competition and titles.

I want to send a special message to my fans around the world, to those in the United Kingdom and Japan in particular.

The Olympic Games always meant a lot and they were always a priority as a Sports person, I found the spirit that every sports person in the world wants to live. I personally had the chance to live 3 of them and had the honor to be the flag bearer for my country.“

Rafa Nadal

Nadal is joint with Roger Federer on 20 grandslam titles. (an all-time record)

He won the Olympics Gold (Singles) & (Doubles) at the Beijing 2008 and Rio de Janeiro 2016 respectively.

The Spaniard who turned 35 on June 3rd, is referred to as the "king of clay" having won Roland-Garros a record 13 times, and has a total 88 career titles

He has been ranked No. 1 in the ATP rankings for 209 weeks, and has finished as the year-end No. 1 five times.

Roger Federer also withdrew from Roland-Garros, citing he needed to recuperate for Wimbledon.

We hope to see you next year, @RafaelNadal �

#Wimbledon

Wimbledon

Rafa Nadal won't be adding to his two Olympic gold medals at the @Tokyo2020 Games in 2021.

Hope to see you back on court soon @RafaelNadal!

Olympics

You have done well Man, you remain a Champ always!

Second to comment,
D guy above me was so Lucky
Bt as for NADAL
he knows what good for him
Make Dem no go rush person out of long-tennis pitch
Cos life is precious

The Naomi Osaka effect?

Normal thing

No go collapse
If na money and name you have it

Hmm

Damnnn niggarrrr
Isoright

Rafa Nadal and Roger Federer are the Lionel messi of lawn tennis

Lol.... Body no be firewood... The Novak loss wasn't an easy one to take in especially in your "clay" of specialty

Hope Serena heeds like you though...

Oh my


Safety first

Nigerian no go ever agree. Na why dem dey die quick.

he is fun to watch, but is this the end of an era?
It will be sad but this is to pave way for the younger generation.

And the winner of this news is Novak.

Meaning what

PotatoSalad:
Everybody just dey pull out. Durex don cost?

Pervert

Rafa will always be a legend.

Femich18:

Pervert

Real recognises real.
Dey shoot dey go baba

still licking wounds from his last lost to avoid back to back

You'll get better as time goes by....Sorry oooo.

Road Clear for Novak.

Djokovic Don win another Grand Slam title

Sorry about that.
Time for my Novak to add another grand slam to his beautiful collection.
What happened to the over hyped Andy Murray?

The easiest grand slam for Nadal to win is the French open but losing to Djokovic in a gruelling match is something his body and mind cannot let go of easily. Just like Federer, he needs to manage his body by not participating in every competition.

jericco1:
Sorry about that.
Time for my Novak to add another grand slam to his beautiful collection.
What happened to the over hyped Andy Murray?

A history of bad injuries......

Tokyo Olympics is cancelled o!
Soon the Naomi Osaka / Ronaldo effect will start happening with other athletes following suit - injured or not
Tokyo is just using politics to push this thing.
The "feel" of live events is gone, press live coverage suppressed, even the opening and closing ceremonies (which are the most exciting parts of the Games for me) have also been impacted.

jericco1:
Sorry about that.
Time for my Novak to add another grand slam to his beautiful collection.
What happened to the over hyped Andy Murray?

Murry have been battling with injury ,one that could end his career .

Noting hyped about him

Take care of yourself

Damnnn niggarrrr Isoright Rafa Nadal and Roger Federer are the Lionel messi of garden volleyball

Novak