Rafa Nadal will not play the Barcelona Open: “I’m not ready yet”

Raph still Finally, he will not play the Barcelona Open because he is not “ready yet” after an injury that occurred at the end of January last year at australian open. Winner 22 Grand Slam he injured his iliopsoas in the second round match at Melbourne Park January 18th and although it was reported that he will initially be out for around 6-8 weeks, he is still not ready to play.

“Barcelona is a tournament that is special for me, because it is my adopted club and because playing at home is special for me. I’m not ready yet and therefore I’m continuing the process of preparing to return to competition,” said Nadal on his official Twitter profile.

The tennis player from Manacor, a twelve-time champion at RCT Barcelona, ​​also wished luck to his friend and tournament director, David Ferrer, and to his entire team for this edition of Godó, which is sure to be successful at all levels because constantly.

For his part, David Ferrer lamented the loss of Mallorca. “It’s a shame I can’t tell Rafa. He is a player we love very much and in this situation we can only send him a lot of encouragement and wish him a speedy recovery,” he said in a statement for the tournament.

Nadal, who due to this defeat dropped out of the top 10 in the ATP ranking (15) and who was able to play only four matches this year, will miss the competition on the red clay of Barcelona for the second year in a row and after not being able to play in a single match due to this injury from the first three tournaments of the Masters 1000 season in Indian Wells, Miami and Monte Carlo. The former world number one’s next goal could be to prepare for a fourth, the Mutua Madrid Open at the end of April.