Nadal is just 1-3 this season and has dropped seven of his past nine matches overall, dating to a fourth-round loss to Frances Tiafoe in the US Open's fourth round last September
Miami Open tournament director James Blake said, "We did all that we could. We tried to talk to the government, but that's out of our hands. We tried, and he wasn't able to play."
Rafael Nadal is the first player to sign up. He wants to play in Monaco and is giving himself every chance to be able to participate in this tournament.
The 22-time Grand Slam champion already held the record for the most weeks as No. 1 in the history of the ATP Rankings (since 1973) when he surpassed Roger Federer's mark of 310 weeks in March 2021.
Andrew Giles, the Minister for Immigration, on Thursday confirmed that Djokovic has been granted a temporary visa to enter the country, Xinhua reports.
It was the ninth consecutive match victory for the fourth seed, who triumphed a title just a week ago in Tel Aviv. This was the 90th tour-level victory for the 35-year-old Djokovic and it needed only 75 minutes.
The Serbian was competing for the first time since July, when he won his 21st Grand Slam title at Wimbledon. However, he showed few signs of rust, striking his well-positioned groundstrokes against Tiafoe for the victory in just 73 minutes.