Rafael Nadal has develop into the most recent massive draw to tug out of the Miami Open.
Nadal is a five-time finalist on the occasion however hasn’t performed in Miami since 2017. His absence signifies that neither of the winners of this yr’s first Grand Slam occasion can be within the match; he received the Australian Open for his record-setting twenty first main title, and ladies’s champion Ashleigh Barty additionally withdrew earlier this month.
Nadal’s resolution got here three days after Novak Djokovic introduced that he would not be enjoying at Indian Wells or Miami as a result of he’s unvaccinated and may’t journey to the United States.
“Rafa will definitely be missed. He has so many followers right here in South Florida, and we hope to see him again in Miami subsequent yr,” Miami match director James Blake stated.
Nadal, who’s enjoying Indian Wells, is at the moment ranked No. 4 on this planet. He was a Miami finalist in 2005, 2008, 2011, 2014 and 2007 _ with all these occasions going down on the match’s former South Florida dwelling on Key Biscayne.
The Miami Open begins March 21.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
