Rafael Nadal pulls out of the Montreal Open with lingering injury

Rafael Nadal’s US Open preparations take a knock as he follows Novak Djokovic in pulling out of the Montreal Open… with the Spaniard still yet to recover from an abdominal injury sustained at Wimbledon

  • Rafael Nadal has pulled out of the upcoming Montreal Open with an injury
  • The 36-year-old sustained an abdominal injury during Wimbledon
  • The world no 3 hopes to return at the US Open at the end of the month 

Rafael Nadal has withdrawn from the forthcoming Montreal Open due to his abdominal injury.

The Spaniard suffered the injury during Wimbledon and had to pull out of his semi-final against Nick Kyrgios.

It has not healed sufficiently to play in Canada next week so the 36-year-old is taking extra time to recover ahead of the US Open later this month.

Rafael Nadal was forced to withdraw from Wimbledon due to an abdominal injury

The 36-year-old is set to miss the Montreal Open after being advised to rest by doctors

Nadal said in a statement on the tournament’s official website: ‘I have been practising for a while now without serving and started with serves four days ago.

‘Everything has been going well. However yesterday, after my normal practice, I felt a slight bother on my abdominal and today it was still there.

‘After speaking with my doctor, we prefer to take things in a conservative way and give (it) a few more days before starting to compete. I would like to thank Eugene (Lapierre), the tournament director, and all his team for understanding and supporting me and this decision.

‘I am very sad not to finally travel to Montreal. It’s a tournament that I have won five times and I love to play there.’ He added.

Nadal(left) has won the tournament five times, most recently in 2019

‘I seriously hope I can come back there to play in front of the amazing crowds up there.’

Meanwhile, Andy Murray will play in the tournament after receiving a wild card.

Murray has joined Alexis Galarneau, Vasek Pospisil and David Goffin in receiving wildcards to participate in the Montreal Open.

The three-time champion is playing the event for the first time since winning in 2015.

Andy Murray has been handed a wild card to participate in the Montreal Open

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