The first day of the Laver Cup 2022 Cup in London, England ended with the highly expected battle between Federer/Nadal and Tiafoe/Sock. The last time Federer's professional tennis play was not complete when he and Nadal failed against two American tennis players.
As previously announced, “Express train” will retire after this double battle. Federer asked for permission to ATP and BTC Laver Cup only played exactly 1 match due to health limit due to knee injury. Notably, the journey of Nadal “gaur” in the Laver Cup 2022 also ended after a pairing with the last FedEx.
The world's No. 3 player will not participate in his single battle against Taylor Fritz on the 2nd competition. Nadal's position has been replaced by British player Cameron Norrie.
Nadal's withdrawal from Laver Cup 2022 is likely because he did not achieve the best condition. Injury is something that has clung to CaFa during this season. The Spaniard had to give up in the Wimbledon semi -finals and stopped in the fourth round of the US Open because he did not have the most full body.
Before Laver Cup 2022 took place, Nadal also raised doubts that he could not attend this team tournament because he had not recovered from the abdominal injury. However, “gaurs” seem to have changed the decision after learning that it was the last tournament of his best friend Federer.
Rafa also joined the European team quite late with the intention of only joining the battle with Roger. “I thank the remaining members in the team for waiting for me to this day. I have to solve the problem quite difficult. So, first, thank you very much,” Nadal shared at the press conference on September 23.
