Data map: Nadal celebrates scoring at the game.
China News Service, August 5-A few days ago, defending champion Nadal announced that he would withdraw from this year's US Open. Earlier, Federer had announced that he would abandon the season due to injury, which means that both Feiner will be absent from this year's US Open.
Nadal said on social media: "After thinking deeply, I decided not to participate in this year's US Open. The global epidemic situation is still quite complicated, and the number of new coronary pneumonia cases is still increasing. It seems that we have not effectively controlled it."
Since the beginning of this year, the new crown pneumonia epidemic has caused a great impact on the entire world tennis scene. Nadal said, "After the four-month suspension of the tour, it is not easy to streamline the schedule. I understand the difficulty and thank everyone for their efforts."
Screenshot of Nadal's social media.
Regarding his decision to withdraw from the US Open, Nadal said: "This is a decision I never want to make, but I must follow my heart. And I know that I still don't want to travel long distances at this stage."
In June of this year, Federer announced on his personal social media that he would withdraw from the 2020 season in order to recover from his right knee injury. As Nadal announced his withdrawal from the US Open, it means that this year's US Open will not see these two men's historical players.
Even in the face of many heavyweight players withdrawing, the new crown pneumonia epidemic is still spreading globally, but according to the official announcement of the US Open, the game will still be held as scheduled from August 31 to September 13, local time, and the game will be empty. Under the circumstances.
Data map: On July 13, 2019, the much-anticipated Feiner Showdown was played again on Wimbledon after 11 years. In the end, Federer successfully fulfilled the fifth match point, 7-6(3)/1-6/6 -3/6-4 defeated Nadal. This is the 40th time that the 38-year-old Federer has faced Nadal, his old rival, and the fourth time the two sides have met at Wimbledon.
In late July, the Professional Tennis Federation (ATP) and the organizers of the Washington 500 tournament jointly announced that this year's Washington Open will no longer be held. This has caused the fans to worry that the US Open may not be held as scheduled.
However, the US Tennis Association immediately issued an official statement saying that the cancellation of the Washington Open will not affect the US Open and they are confident that the US Open will still be held as planned. (Finish)