Thursday pulled out of the French Open 2023 after failing to recover from a hip injury , that he suffered in January. The 14-time champion will not play in the season’s second major for the first time since his tournament debut in 2005 The 36-year-old Nadal has not competed since January at the Australian Open, where he suffered an injury to the iliopsoas muscle in his left leg. Nadal and his team were expecting a recovery period of six to eight weeks, but the lefty has not returned to action.
In addition to his record 14 trophies at the Roland Garros, Nadal 3 record across career appearances at the major and his 97.4 per cent win-rate both stand alone as records, as does his perfect 14-0 mark in finals. Last year in Paris, Nadal defeated Casper Ruud in a three-set championship match to win a record- title — a mark Novak Djokovic has since equalled.
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