Nadal pulls out of French open, to Retire in 2024

Rafael Nadal will miss the French open for the first time in 19 years after a hip injury ruled out the record 14-time men’s singles champion.

The 36-year-old Spaniard, who has won 22 major titles, also said he plans to retire after the 2024 season.

Nadal holds the joint record number of men’s major triumphs alongside Serbia’s Novak Djokovic. He has won 70 other ATP titles and spent 209 weeks at world number one – the sixth longest amount of time in ATP history.

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Known as the ‘king of clay’, Nadal has won 112 of his 115 matches at the French open.

However, the Majorcan left-hander has not played since sustaining the hip problem at the Australian open in January.

Nadal has been practicing in recent weeks, but was not fit enough to play a tournament in the run-up to Roland Garros.

The French open starts in Paris on 28 may and runs until 11 June.

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