Injury ends season for Nadal

R A FA E L N a d a l h a s brought an early end to his season in order to fully recover from a wrist injury.

The Spaniard was sidelined for more than two months in the summer and admitted when he returned at the Rio Olympics that he was still suffering pain.

Nadal lost the bronze medal play-off in Rio in the singles and won gold in the doubles alongside Marc Lopez.

H o w e v e r, h e has struggled since and was beaten in his first match at the Shanghai Masters last week by Viktor Troicki.

The 30-year-old said in a statement: “It is no secret I arrived at the Olympics short of preparation and not fully recovered. But the goal was to compete and win a medal for Spain.

“This forced recovery has caused me pain since then and now I am forced to stop and start preparing for the 2017 season.

“I am very saddened for not being able to play next week in Basle since I have a great memory of that tournament and the final played against Roger Federer last year.”