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Rafael Nadal: Won't travel for US Open in current circumstances
Updated On: 05 June, 2020 11:31 AM IST | Washington | AFP
Nadal, who turned 34 on Wednesday, said he didn't touch a racket for more than two months before recently resuming training in a less-intense way than normal and "not testing my body
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If it weren't for a pandemic-caused postponement, the French Open would have been in Week 2 now, and Rafael Nadal might still have been in contention for a 20th Grand Slam title. Instead, he's home in Spain, practicing lightly " and wondering along with everyone else in tennis whether the next Grand Slam tournament, the U.S. Open, will be held. And if it is, would he play? "If you (ask) me today, today I will say, 'No,'" Nadal said with a shake of his head during a video conference call with The Associated Press and other wire services Thursday.
"In a couple of months? I don't know. Hopefully, 'Yes,'" he continued. "But we need to wait probably until we have more clear information about how the virus evolves and how the situation is going to be in New York in a couple of months. Because, of course, New York has been one of the places that have been very strongly hit by the virus. So let's see."
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