 So with the Madrid open only a couple of days away and one of the biggest tournaments of the Claycord calendar Rafa Nadal Has pulled out again from another event He hasn't played since he started open when he got injured back in January There's what he had to say everyone Twitter about why he's pulled out this time. So this is what Nadal had to say Hello, everyone Haven't communicated with you guys directly in a while been a rough few weeks and months as you know I suffered a major injury in Australia initially it had to be six to eight weeks recovery period and we're on to number 14 The reality is that situation is not what we had hoped for all medical directions had been followed And somehow evolution has not been what we were initially told and we find ourselves in a situation that is difficult The weeks are passing and I had the illusion of being able to play in tournaments that are the most important in my career Such as Monte Carlo, Barcelona, Madrid, Roma, Roland Garros at the moment I miss Monte Carlo and Barcelona won't be able to be in Madrid unfortunately. The injury is still unhealed I can't work what I need to compete. I was training but now a few days We decided to change course a bit do another treatment and see if things improved I can't give deadlines because if I knew I would tell you all but I don't know this is the current situation I also want to send a special greeting to all my fans of Madrid as I've missed the two tournaments that have played here at home All I have left is to try and keep the right attitude all this time But to give myself a chance to compete in some of the tournaments left on the dirt season And I have no choice but to work and be with the right mindset and as soon as I have some news I will inform you. Thank you. So there you have it Raffinadale not playing Madrid another clay court tournament is pulled out I've not just clay, but he hasn't played Indian Wells Miami He didn't play those tournaments that he was supposed to play as well in February on the hard courts And we haven't seen him since he's trying to open It's been months many months many weeks as Raffinadale said and we don't know when we're gonna see He's gonna be ready for Rome, which is in about two three weeks time French open Is of course in the end of May and start of June and then there's Wimbledon after that where he Luckily doesn't have any points to defend, but he is the defending champion of the French open So there's a lot of points up for grabs a lot of points on the line for Raffa over the next couple of months And his rankings already dropped out of the top 10 for the first time since 2005 You can be out of the top 20 by the end of the clay court season if he doesn't play off He does play and he's not a hundred percent. Let me know down in the comments below When do you think we're gonna see Raffin? You think we're not gonna see him on the clay this year? I mean that's a seems like a serious possibility that he's not gonna play the clay court season at all this year Based on not knowing the deadlines not knowing the timelines and also going to treatment again But no raffle at Madrid another tournament. We won't be seeing Raffa play this year