Nadal retired from the French Open to smash the rumors, suggesting that he will retire in 2024, netizens: the time to test Djokovic has come
After Nadal's press conference at the Mallorca Open School, speculation about whether the king of clay will withdraw from the 2023 French Open championship has finally been settled!
At 22 o'clock last night, Beijing time, the 22nd Grand Slam champion and the 14th French Open champion Nadal announced that he will officially withdraw from this year's French Open!
Nadal's withdrawal means that the clay king's uninterrupted trip to the French Open since 2005 will be interrupted after 18 years of continuous progress. As the defending champion of last year's French Open, Nadal, who missed the Roland Garros, will be deducted 2,000 championship points at that time, and his world ranking will drop out of the top 100 after the end of this year's French Open. The desire to let the outside world expect Nadal to return to the top ten in the world this year has also directly failed.
"The injury I suffered in Australia did not recover as expected, so it became impossible to play at Roland Garros." When Nadal personally announced that he had to miss this year's French Open due to injury, many fans and netizens simply Can't believe my ears. The rumor that "60-70% of the King of Clay will withdraw from the French Open" that has been rumored by the outside world has finally been confirmed.
Nadal has always been known as the God of War. Even if his career has been plagued by injuries, he cannot stop his lofty ambition to conquer Roland Garros. Last year, the injury was so serious that he could hardly walk, but he still lifted his fourteenth crown at the French Open. Only a god of war like Nadal can do it.
Even though he withdrew from the four important clay court events in Barcelona, Monte Carlo, Madrid and Rome, many people still firmly believe that Nadal will return as scheduled at the French Open, looking forward to his fifteenth time at Roland Garros. Musketeer Cup, continue to witness the legend of God of War. Now Nadal personally tells everyone that he can't play the French Open, and the 60th "Derna Final" that fans and netizens have been looking forward to has been temporarily put on hold.
Although Nadal's official announcement of the French Open's retirement is a sad thing, but this retirement will also directly shatter the rumors of fraud that have been plaguing Nadal.
In the clay court season last year, Nadal also experienced the same injury problems this year, but many people just don't believe that Nadal was really injured. Especially after stepping on the clay court of Roland Garros, Nadal's performance was very strong. Some people even thought that his frequent injury information was a smoke bomb to confuse opponents, which was just a tactic.
Although Nadal's team has repeatedly explained that Nadal's foot injury is very serious, and he needs to play closed every time he plays to persist in the game, but they still cannot dispel the cloud of doubts hanging over Nadal's head. As Nadal swept the healthy Norwegian Ruud in straight sets in the final of the French Open, it seemed that no one could see any trace of his injury at all, and it made more and more voices questioning Nadal's fraudulent injury .
Now that Nadal has announced that he has withdrawn from the French Open due to injury, it is enough to show that the King of Clay was able to appear at Roland Garros last year and finished the entire French Open. There is really a way to control the injury within an acceptable range. This time there is no way for Nadal to return to the French Open and defend his title. The injury was so serious that the king of clay and the team were completely helpless, so he had to choose to give up.
This also shows from another aspect that if Nadal is really a repeat offender of fraudulent injuries, he will definitely not choose to retire this time as the French Open is approaching. After all, in the back garden of Roland Garros, as long as Nadal comes on stage, whoever wants to win the final championship has to ask Nadal first if he agrees.
At yesterday's press conference, Nadal also revealed his decision to retire.
"Even though I've had a lot of victories over the years, each one has been tough. Maybe I'll be back at the Davis Cup at the end of the year and try to face next year. I think 2024 will be my last. One year." Seeing Nadal implying that 2024 will be the swan song of his career, many fans and netizens were immediately saddened.
After Federer announced his retirement last year, the era of the Big Three has officially come to an end. If Nadal also retires next year, there will be only Djokovic left. It is really embarrassing and sad to think that the era of the Big Three is not far from the end.
In fact, the outside world really can't ask too much of Nadal. As early as 2016, when Nadal mentioned his retirement topic, he expressed his hope to play until he was 33 years old. Now the King of Clay, who will soon be 37 years old, is still persisting. For fans and netizens, it is already very valuable, and he should feel very satisfied.
After Nadal officially announced his withdrawal from the French Open, it also means that this year's French Open will become unprecedentedly open. Aside from Alcaraz, Tsitsipas, Zverev Jr. and Djokovic, the favorites to win the championship, only the famous Russian player Medvedev, who has never been good at clay court games, also shouted his thoughts during the Rome Masters. The goal of winning the French Open can be seen how fierce the competition for the French Open title will be this year.
Originally, Nadal was absent from the French Open. Djokovic should be the most reliable person who can defend the honor of the giants at Roland Garros. However, judging from his performance in the quarterfinals of the Rome Masters lost to Rooney, I hope he can Raising the banner in the hands of Nadal at the French Open, the outside world believes that the pressure on the King of Serbia is still great, and this year's French Open is also the most testing moment for him.
However, many fans and netizens believe that although Djokovic failed to defend his title in Rome, the warm-up effect should be achieved. The King of Serbia should be accumulating strength so that he can go all out to hit the French Open champion. Last year, Djokovic won the championship in Rome. It seemed that he was in full condition, making him the number one favorite to win the French Open. But in the end, he was out of the game early because he spent too much energy in Rome. After all, time is not forgiving.
Regarding the outside world's worries about himself now, when it comes to this year's French Open, Djokovic is as confident as those who are optimistic about him, "I still have the motivation to win the French Open championship, this is our goal. I always like to play in the Grand Slam Any surface in the tournament against anyone, best of five, let's see what happens."
The French Open will be held on May 29. In the absence of Nadal, can Djokovic play the role of a powerful blocker, incarnate as a Roland Garros giant, and guard this back garden that belongs to the giant for Nadal? Wait and see!
