Rafael Nadal hurt himself during a training session. Will be forced to withdraw from the Rogers Cup in Toronto and the Cincinnati Masters 1000.



BREAKING: Rafael Nadal injured himself in practice yesterday and is pulling out of Canada+Cincinnati Masters (he's defending champ at both).

— Ben Rothenberg (@BenRothenberg) July 30, 2014 Looking for confirmation on type of injury.

I don't have any more details at the moment but Nadal's camp should be issuing a statement soon. — Ben Rothenberg (@BenRothenberg) July 30, 2014 Rafael defended both title wins in North America. Last year the Spanaird won three tournaments in a row, cumulating a total of 4000 points in just three events, winning the two Masters 1000 and his second US Open title.

Such an important news shocks the tennis world and puts automatically Novak Djokovic in first place in the favorite race for the title of the US Open. What if Nadal will also have to withdraw from the New York Slam? The World No.2 could fall down in the rankings.

Who could possibly benefit of this whole situation is Roger Federer. Being currently ranked at World No.3, the Swiss could find himself being second seed at Flushing Meadows, thus avoiding to face Djokovic before the final.

Will we see another Djokovic-Federer final as we just did few weeks ago at Wimbledon? UPDATE = According to Canadian TSN Nadal had to withdraw due to a right wrist injury. More specifically, tests found "a small detachment of posterior sheath of the right ulnar wrist" in Nadal's wrist, which is treated with a 2-3 weeks period in cast.

Here are Rafael's words: "I'm extremely disappointed that I am unable to defend my Rogers Cup title this year,” said Nadal. “I was looking forward to coming there and playing again in Toronto as I have always loved to play in Canada.

Unfortunately I injured myself yesterday during practice and after checking with my doctors I will have to stay out of competition for at least 2-3 weeks. I am sorry to the tournament and to all of the fans.”