Rafael Nadal, a 22-time Grand Slam champion, will not compete in the US Open, he said Wednesday, with the 38-year-old Spaniard adding he did not feel he could perform at his best.
“I don’t think I would be able to give my 100 percent this time,” Nadal posted on X, formerly Twitter. Nadal, a four-time US Open champion, said his next event would be at next month’s Laver Cup in Berlin.
Missing out on the US Open will mark his sixth absence in the past seven Grand Slam tournaments, the lone exception being his first round ouster at this year’s French Open.