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.