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The ATP Tour continues without Nadal

Rafael Nadal’s forced break continued. The Spaniard will also have to forgo participation in the ATP 1000 tournament in Madrid, which starts next week. “The injury is still not healed,” Nadal wrote on Instagram. “I haven’t been able to train enough to play tournaments.” Nadal has been suffering from a thigh injury since the beginning of the year. The 36-year-old has not played a match since his second-round elimination at the Australian Open in January.

Munich: Ritschard sniffs surprise, Hüsler’s game is off

Alexandre Richard (ATP 209) missed another upset at the ATP 250 Championships in Munich against Marcus Giron (USA/ATP 68). Everything went perfectly for Richard for 55 minutes. He took the first set and immediately started the second round with a break. But then Zurich lost the thread. He was unsuccessful in three of the next five service games, eventually leading to a 6:4, 3:6, 3:6 defeat after more than two hours. After all, Ritschard won a set for the first time in his third round of 16 on the ATP Tour.

The last 16 of Munich’s Swiss second Marc-Andrea Haussler (ATP 63) was canceled due to darkness and will not be played until Friday. The 26-year-old is leading 7:5, 3:3 against former top player Dominic Thiem (AUT/ATP 101), who is still looking for form after a long injury.

Geneva: Other Top 10 Players

In addition to two-time tournament winner Casper Ruud (ATP 3), American Taylor Fritz (ATP 10) is the second top 10 player to participate in the Geneva Open. Organizers want to publish the full list of players for the clay court tournament at the Parc des Eaux-Vives from May 20-27 next week. 25-year-old American Taylor Fritz reached the semifinals of the ATP 1000 clay tournament last week in Monte Carlo and triumphed in Indian Wells in March.