Rafael Nadal will not play the rest of the Laver Cup this weekend in London, as he has returned home to his wife, who is about to give birth.
It will therefore have been an express round trip for Rafael Nadal between Mallorca and London. Arrived Thursday evening in the English capital for the Laver Cup gala and present all day Friday at the O2 Arena to attend Roger Federer’s farewell, the 36-year-old Spanish player returned home this Saturday, and will not play the rest of the competition between the European team and the World team. The organizers of the Laver Cup invoke “personal reasons”, and these reasons are not secret: Rafael Nadal’s wife is about to give birth. During the US Open, the Mallorcan confided that she had to be hospitalized due to complications and he was obviously concerned.
Will Nadal play again in 2022?
It was therefore only for his great rival and friend Roger Federer that the man with 22 Grand Slam titles made the trip to London, the time to play a last match with the Swiss, and to participate in the farewell ceremony. very moving, where he could not hold back his tears. The image went around the world. Winner of four of the ten tournaments he has played this year (Melbourne, Australian Open, Acapulco, Roland-Garros), Rafael Nadal is ranked 3rd in the world, during this season made up of ups and downs where he notably injured his ribs and foot. He is not registered in any tournament for the next four weeks, and no one knows if he will play again in 2022, even if he is already qualified for the Turin Masters (the only qualified for the moment with his compatriot Carlos Alcaraz), one of the only major tournaments he has never won. In the meantime, Cameron Norrie will replace him this weekend in the Laver Cup. Roger Federer, now retired, is present on the bench for Europe this Saturday as well.
