Rafael Nadal has withdrawn from the French Open after admitting defeat in his race to be fit for Roland Garros, and revealed that he intends for 2024 to be his final year on tour.
The 36-year-old has been out since January with a hip injury, his last match a straight-sets defeat to Mackenzie McDonald in which he took a medical timeout and struggled with his movement throughout.
It is an issue that has forced Nadal to miss the clay-court season up to this point, with his run in the top ten of the world rankings coming to an end in March after a record 912 weeks, and he has had events, such as those in Monte Carlo and Rome, that he has dominated for nearly two decades
