The Spanish tennis player
Rafa Nadal
announced on Tuesday his decision not to participate in the
Miami tournament
, the first
Masters 1,000
of the season and which is played on hard court, to recover "completely" in order to start the season one hundred percent. clay in Europe.
"
I am sad to announce that I will not play in Miami
, a city that I love. I need to fully recover and prepare for the clay court season in Europe," he confirmed this Tuesday on his Twitter account.
The Spaniard, currently number three in the world, will not be able to fight for his first title in Miami, where he has reached the final five times;
In 2005 he fell to the Swiss
Roger Federer
, his executioner also in the final of 2017, while the Serbian
Novak Djokovic
defeated him in 2011 and 2014 and the Russian Nikolay Davydenko in 2008.
In addition, the one from Manacor sent a fond memory for the Spanish-speaking community of the American city.
"I make a special mention for my followers in the United States and in particular for the large Spanish-speaking community in Florida, which always gives me great support," he concluded.
Nadal has not competed since the last Australian Open
, the first 'Grand Slam' of the season, where he was eliminated in the quarterfinals against Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas (3-6, 2-6, 7-6 (4), 6-4 , 7-5).
The clay-court season in the Old Continent will start with the
ATP 250
tournament in Marbella
, on April 5, while the Monte
Carlo
Masters 1,000 will start on April 12
and the
Barcelona
Open Banc Sabadell-68th Trophy will
start on
the 19th.
Count of Godó.
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