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Rafael Nadal who is a defending champion of the US Open has already withdrawn from the US Open 2020 due to safety concern of Corona virus.
Rafael Nadal giving his reason that he challenges of moving immediately from hardcourt tennis to clay was a huge factor in his decision to skip US Open. Nadal is defending champion of the US Open and French Open. He gave a reason that if he play in hardcourt could trouble him on the clay.
Nadal said," The health situation is the first basic inconvenience when making my decision. The situation seems not in full control, so in this case after consulting with my team, we decided to skip the US Open. Second the schedule is challanging after many months without competing."
He also said," going from hardcourt to clay with hardly any time for preparation is dangerous for my body and my future. Then it is a matter of a personal spirit. The situation is as it is and my spirit was not high enough to travel to New York and compete. If I am going to compete all my senses have to be focused on competition to perform at my best and it would have been difficult to achieve that."
Rafael Nadal's former coach and uncle Toni said," Rafael Nadal may hurt his chance to win Roland Garros chances by skipping US Open."
Now, Rafael Nadal is not playing in US Open giving a reason that he prefered Roland Garros over US Open and some concern about Corona virus. Roger Federer also missed US Open due to an injury. This is the first time in last 15 years where those 2 players didn't play in any Majors. Djokovic is yet to commit for the US Open.
Now, If Djokovic choose to play his in this US Open, he has best chances to take it's title telly to 18. An Absence of Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer could give a huge chances to young players to win Majors.
Former Champion Stan Wawrinka and Martin Del Potro are not playing in the US Open. This Years ,US Open has to play without many superstars.
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