By Fatih Erel
ISTANBUL (AA) – World number one Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal announced Wednesday his withdrawal from two China tournaments in October due to bad knee.
Nadal, 32, pulled out of China Open and Shanghai Masters tournaments citing knee injury, he said in a Facebook post.
Recalling his retirement from semifinal match at the US Open in September, Nadal said he underwent a medical examination in Barcelona on Monday.
“Although this knee pain is nothing new to me, we have decided together my medical and technical team that I won’t be playing the Asian swing in Beijing and Shanghai.
“I need to rest and recover my knee, ” Nadal wrote.
“I am very sorry I won’t be able to be with all my fans in China as well as the tournament organizers who have always been so supportive with me and my team, ” he added.
