Rafael Nadal will not be competing in the upcoming Monte Carlo Masters event as he has been unable to fully recover from an injury that has sidelined him for months.
Nadal suffered a hip injury at the Australian Open that forced him to pull out of the first Grand Slam of the ATP calendar. He then sat out of the Masters 1000 event in Indian Wells last month as well as the Miami Open Masters event that concluded this past week.
“Unfortunately I am still not ready to compete and will miss one of those special tournaments I always love to play,” Nadal announced. “Monte Carlo is and has been a key event in my career, but unfortunately I will have to miss it again since I am still not ready to compete without the risk of getting injured. I will continue the process of getting ready to come back.”
As a result of his prolonged absence, Nadal’s ATP ranking has dropped four places to 13th in the world. Current top 10 players Carlos Alcaraz and Felix Auger-Aliassime have also pulled out of the tournament.
