Nadal withdraws from US Open

pa href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/rafael-nadal/n409/overview'Rafael Nadal/a announced on social media Wednesday that he will not compete at the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/us-open/560/overview'US Open/a. The 38-year-old Spaniard shared that his next event will be the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/laver-cup/9210/overview'Laver Cup/a in Berlin./p

p"Hi all, writing today to let you guys know that I have decided not to compete at this yearrsquo;s a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/us-open/560/overview'US Open/a, a place where I have amazing memories," Nadal wrote. "I will miss those electric and special night sessions in NYC at Ashe, but I donrsquo;t think I would be able to give my 100 per cent this time. /p

p"Thanks to all my US Fans in particular, will miss you all and will see you another time. Best of luck to all for the always amazing a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/us-open/560/overview'US Open/a! My next event will be the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/laver-cup/9210/overview'Laver Cup/a in Berlin."/p

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p lang="en" dir="ltr"Hi all, writing today to let you guys know that I have decided not to compete at this yearrsquo;s a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/us-open/560/overview'US Open/a a place where I have amazing memories. br /

I will miss those electric and special night sessions in NYC at Ashe, but I donrsquo;t think I would be able to give my 100% this time.br /

Thankshellip; a href="https://t.co/FluGRWUzIp"pic.twitter.com/FluGRWUzIp/a/p

mdash; Rafa Nadal (@RafaelNadal) a href="https://twitter.com/RafaelNadal/status/1821285738840768904?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"August 7, 2024/a/blockquote

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pA four-time champion at Flushing Meadows, the lefty has earned a 12-7 season record across seven appearances. In the past month, Nadal reached the final of the ATP 250 event in Bastad and made the second round of the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/paris/96/2024/results'Paris Olympics/a, where he lost to longtime rival and eventual gold medalist a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/novak-djokovic/d643/overview'Novak Djokovic/a. Nadal and countryman a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/carlos-alcaraz/a0e2/overview'Carlos Alcaraz/a reached the quarter-finals in doubles./p

pNadal, a part of Team Europe in the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/laver-cup/9210/overview'Laver Cup/a, will compete alongside Alcaraz, a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/alexander-zverev/z355/overview'Alexander Zverev/a, a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/daniil-medvedev/mm58/overview'Daniil Medvedev/a, a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/casper-ruud/rh16/overview'Casper Ruud/a and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/stefanos-tsitsipas/te51/overview'Stefanos Tsitsipas/a. The a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/laver-cup/9210/overview'Laver Cup/a will be held from 20-22 September./ppp[NEWSLETTER FORM]/p