{"id":40682,"date":"2021-08-20T11:00:45","date_gmt":"2021-08-20T11:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/?p=40682"},"modified":"2021-08-20T11:00:45","modified_gmt":"2021-08-20T11:00:45","slug":"rafael-nadal-spaniard-ends-2021-season-because-of-foot-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/?p=40682","title":{"rendered":"Rafael Nadal: Spaniard ends 2021 season because of foot injury"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Rafael Nadal won his fourth US Open title in 2019<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Rafael Nadal will miss the US Open after the Spaniard ended his 2021 season because of a foot injury. <\/span><\/p>\n

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The injury caused the 20-time Grand Slam winner to miss the Cincinnati Masters and Canadian Open last week.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Defending champion Dominic Thiem and five-time winner Roger Federer have also pulled out of this year’s US Open.<\/span><\/p>\n

Nadal, 35, wrote on Instagram: “Honestly, I have been suffering a lot more than I should with my foot for a year and I need to take some time.”<\/span><\/p>\n

He added: “Having discussed it with the team and family, this decision has been made and I believe that it is the way forward to try to recover and recover well.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I am [determined] to do whatever it takes to regain the best possible shape, to continue competing for the things that really motivate me and the things that I have done during all these years.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I am convinced that with the recovery of the foot and obviously a very important daily effort this can be achieved. I will work as hard as I can to make it happen.”<\/span><\/p>\n

The four-time US Open champion did not compete at Wimbledon or the Olympic Games in order to rest following the clay-court season.<\/span><\/p>\n

He sustained the injury at the French Open in June, where he failed to defend his title for the first time since 2016 in defeat by Novak Djokovic in the semi-finals. <\/span><\/p>\n

The US Open begins on Monday, 30 August, however 2020 champion Thiem will be <\/span>absent because of a wrist injury<\/span><\/a> and Federer has also ended his season as he <\/span>prepares to have further knee surgery.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Federer and Nadal are tied with world number one Novak Djokovic – who will be seeking to complete the calendar Grand Slam at Flushing Meadows – for the all-time record of 20 Grand Slam titles.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Around<\/span><\/span>\"Around<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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