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Rafael Nadal will continue to slide down the ATP rankings over the next few weeks due to an injury-plagued failure to defend his title at Roland Garros, which will see him drop below the top 100.
The 22-time Grand Slam winner has been a member of the ATP top 100 for the past 20 years, but failure to play in Paris could see him drop to his lowest position in more than two decades.
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He also set several milestones, including spending 912 weeks in a row for the 10th consecutive week.
Current situation for Nadal
Going back to the present day, Nadal is 14th in the ATP rankings with 2,715 points, but he is set to drop further over the next two weeks. He will not compete in the Madrid Open. Due to the ongoing struggle with the hip injury.
Last year, he reached the quarterfinals of the ATP Masters 1000 tournament, so he will drop 180 points when the ranking is improved after the tournament.
Whether he will participate in the Italian Open remains to be seen, but after reaching the third round in Rome last year, if he fails to compete, he has 90 points, which would be 2,445 points. To Roland Garros.
That total would be enough to stay in the top 20 and give him a seed for his favorite race.
If the 14-time Paris champion fails to defend his French Open crown, he will drop 2,000 points and leave 445 points, which would put him in 130th place in the current standings.
The Roland Garros point distribution is as follows.
10 – first round
45 – second round
90 – the third round
180 – the fourth round
360 – quarter-final
720 – semi-final
1,200 – finalist
2,000 – winner
Of course, with no matches under his belt, there will be a chance he can play in Paris, but he will need a good run from Japan’s Taro Daniel to stay in the top 100. 587 points, although 600 points would be a safe bet for top 100.
If Nadal enters Roland Garros without playing in Rome, he will need to reach the fourth round to at least stay in the top 100.
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