In French Open Tennis, record 9-time winner Rafael Nadal has pulled out of the tournament due to a wrist injury.World number five Nadal, who had progressed to the third round with his 200th Grand Slam victory, told a news conference in Paris that he played the game with an injection. The Spaniard said, he risked further injury if he continued to play.World number three Roger Federer had, ahead of the tournament, withdrawn following a back problem.Meanwhile, top seeds Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams, Venus Williams, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Tomas Berdych, David Ferrer and Timea Bacsinszky are among those who will be seen in action in the Singles third round today.In Mixed Doubles, the Indo-Swiss pair of Leander Paes and Martina Hingis will play its second round fixture.They will take on the Romanian-Kazakh team of Florin Mergea and Yaroslava Shvedova. Rohan Bopanna and his Russian team-mate Alla Kudryavtseva will begin their campaign against the French-German duo of Nicolas Mahut and Tatjana Maria.
News On AIR | May 28, 2016 2:34 PM
Rafael Nadal withdraws from French Open due to injury