Rafael Nadal has announced that he will skip this year's Wimbledon Championships to focus on preparing for the 2024 Paris Olympics this summer. The decision means that the two-time Wimbledon champion may have played his last match at the tournament, with his last notable appearance being a quarter-final win against Taylor Fritz two years ago. Nadal, who expressed being saddened by the decision, plans to maintain his training on clay courts, including participating in a clay-court tournament in Bastad, Sweden, as part of his preparation for the Olympics.
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Rafael Nadal is going to skip Wimbledon, as expected, and instead prepare for the Paris Olympics by entering a clay-court tournament in Bastad, Sweden. https://t.co/1WuXXccz3w
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🔴 Rafael Nadal announces is not going to play Wimbledon "I will play at Paris 2024. With this goal, we believe that the best for my body is not to change surface and keep playing on clay until then. It’s for this reason that I will miss playing this year at Wimbledon." https://t.co/NEQgeFkPPG
Nadal confirms he'll miss Wimbledon to focus on the Paris Olympics. Means we may well have seen the two-time champion compete at the event for the last time (the QF win with a abdominal tear against Taylor Fritz two years ago) https://t.co/S2leXPY1rJ
Rafael Nadal has confirmed that he will miss the upcoming Wimbledon Championships to prepare for the Paris Olympics. #RafaelNadal #Olympics #Wimbledon https://t.co/9h9w5b5vd6
BREAKING: Rafael Nadal confirms he'll not play at Wimbledon in order to prepare for the Olympics in Paris this summer 🎾🇪🇸 https://t.co/6LTpS7qJMg
BREAKING: Rafael Nadal confirms he'll not play at Wimbledon in order to prepare for the Olympics in Paris this summer 🎾🇪🇸 https://t.co/pizUKxQ5A1
Nadal to skip Wimbledon to prepare for Paris Olympics https://t.co/GArtM9DGPx https://t.co/gppnI5B9Zv
Rafael Nadal said he was “saddened” to miss Wimbledon after opting to prioritise preparing for the Olympics in Paris - by @EleanorcrooksPA https://t.co/8RQOzU8n2d
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BREAKING!! #RafaelNadal pulls out from #Wimbledon2024 to prepare for #ParisOlympics https://t.co/eH7iBsezXQ
BREAKING: Rafael Nadal announced he will miss Wimbledon to focus on preparing for the Paris Olympics this summer. https://t.co/rRVGG1oBS6
Rafael Nadal will not play in Wimbledon this summer as he chooses to put his focus on the 2024 Olympics in Paris. 😕 https://t.co/bgc3WnkeL6
Breaking: Rafael Nadal announced he will miss Wimbledon to focus on the Paris Olympics this summer. https://t.co/2mwN6QvPj1
There will be no Rafa Nadal at this year's Wimbledon 🥺 #BBCTennis #Wimbledon https://t.co/XCVeHrhBFu
⚠️ SPAIN'S RAFA NADAL TO SKIP WIMBLEDON TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS TO PREPARE FOR OLYMPICS IN PARIS