Nadal To Miss Asian Tournaments Due To Knee Injury

Zeeshan Mehtab Published September 19, 2018 | 08:07 PM

World number one Rafael Nadal has announced his withdrawal from upcoming tournaments in Beijing and Shanghai due to the right knee injury that forced him to retire from the US Open earlier this month.

Barcelona, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 19th Sep, 2018 ) :World number one Rafael Nadal has announced his withdrawal from upcoming tournaments in Beijing and Shanghai due to the right knee injury that forced him to retire from the US Open earlier this month.

Nadal had to pull out during his semi-final against Juan Martin del Potro in New York and also missed Spain's Davis Cup defeat by France last weekend.

The 32-year-old said he visited doctors in Barcelona on Monday and has subsequentlymade the decision to play neither the ATP 500 event in Beijing nor the Masters 1000 in Shanghai.