In a statement posted on Twitter, the 33-year-old Italian tennis player said he had hoped the two-month break due to the coronavirus pandemic would have improved his situation.
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New French Open winner Rafael Nadal remains second in the men’s tennis rankings released on Monday by the Association of Tennis Professionals behind Novak Djokovic.
Novak Djokovic stretched his lead over Rafael Nadal at the top of the ATP rankings on Monday, after the Spaniard’s failed bid to win a 12th Monte Carlo Masters title.
Rafael Nadal has been knocked out of the Monte Carlo Masters after suffering a shock 6-4, 6-2 defeat to Fabio Fognini in the semifinals.
The 17-times grand slam winner hasn’t progressed past the fourth round since 2012 and was sent crashing out by a 19-year-old Nick Kyrgios four years ago.
Top-seed Nadal brushed aside the challenge of Canadian teenager Shapovalov with a comfortable 6-4 6-1 victory.
Croatia will meet the United States in the semis in September following Jack Sock and Ryan Harrison’s doubles win against Belgium’s Sander Gille and Joran Vliegen on Saturday which gave the U.S. a 3-0 win.
Showing great mobility, the towering Czech neutralised the potentially tricky world number 25 in a sometimes tetchy two-hour contest on Melbourne’s Margaret Court Arena on Monday.