Now it's final, Rafael Nadal is not fit for Roland Garros, agencies reported on Wednesday. The Mallorca bull, who has won the tournament in France 14 times and holds the record for most men's Grand Slam wins along with Novak Djokovic (22 each), has not been able to recover from his abdominal muscle injury and will therefore not participate in the home tournament.
The Paris tournament is the only one of the four Grand Slam tournaments the Spaniard hasn't missed since 2005, a tournament he has won 14 times before, so it was hard to imagine that he would miss the event, but in reality, that's what happened.
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Nadal, who turns 37 next month, has already missed six tournaments this season, played four matches and won just one, and for the first time since 2005 emerged from the top ten of the world rankings.
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