Rafael Nadal, the last time ranked in the world, will resign his post to protect his victory at this year’s 2019 US Open due to the coronavirus pandemic, saying “it turns out we have no control” of the virus yet on Tuesday. .
Nadal, who has won the tournament four times, announced the news in a tweet on Tuesday, just after the cancellation of the Madrid Open by the virus a few hours earlier.
He described the pandemic as “very confusing in the world” and turns out to be involved in the growing number of cases.
“It’s a resolution I never wanted to take,” Nadal said on Twitter. “But I’m staying at my center this time, and for now, I’d rather not travel.”
Spain, where Nadal is from, is seeing a build-up of new coronavirus cases following the annulment of social estrangement measures, but it is not yet close to the point observed in recent weeks in the United States, which is by the most affected country on the planet. . Training
Prior to Nadal’s announcement On Tuesday, the U.S. Tennis Association insisted last week that it had “developed a robust fitness and protection plan to mitigate the threat of infection in the confined surroundings consisting of the tournament venue and players’ hotels.”
New York “remains one of the safest places in the country with respect to the COVID-19 virus,” according to UTSA.
Nadal is not the first player to leave the US Open, which is expected to begin in August. 31 and will last until mid-September. The world’s most productive player, Australian Ash Barty, has announced that she will not compete at the US Open last week due to protection considerations while traveling. Lately Novak Djokovic, ranked as the most productive male player, is expected to participate in the tournament, according to a UTSA on Tuesday, after recovering from the coronavirus infection in June: he had raised his eyebrows months earlier when he said he would be skeptical of a coronavirus. Array Serena Williams and Naomi Osaka are also still in a position to compete, according to the USTA on Tuesday.
Defending champion Rafael Nadal at the US Open amid a pandemic (Associated Press)
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