Rafael Nadal says he is likely to skip Wimbledon in order to protect his body and achieve his goal of playing at this year's Olympics.
Rafael Nadal says it would not be a "good idea" to play Wimbledon as he targets this year's Olympics instead.on Monday, the 37-year-old Spaniard said returning to Roland Garros at the Paris 2024 Games is now his "main goal".The Olympic tennis tournament begins on 27 July.
The 22-time Grand Slam champion has suffered a catalogue of physical problems over the past 18 months. A tough draw at the French Open, where he was unseeded for the first time, led to a straight-set defeat by German fourth seed Alexander Zverev on Monday. "It has been a big fight with all the things that I went through, but the dynamic has been positive in the last few weeks."
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