Rafael Nadal pulled out of his semifinals against Denis Shapovalov at the Rolex Paris Masters 2019 due to a small abdominal rupture which aroused during the warm-up before his match on Saturday.

Rafael Nadal revealed that they “saw something on the image, probably a small sprain”, however, the Spaniard is still unsure about the ATP World Tour Finals 2019 in London, which will commence on 10th November and will conclude on 18th November 2019.

The 19-time Grand Slam champion suggested that he now needs to wait because everything is not clear in the image. However, the Mallorcan explained that he will do everything to play in London.

“Hopefully things will be better. I hope to be ready for London. That’s the biggest goal now. But as I said before, I can’t guarantee anything because just happened today,” said Rafael Nadal in the press conference at the Rolex Paris Masters 2019.

The Spaniard further added: “We need to wait for hours to see exactly how big is the issue because now we can’t see exactly in the image yet. We need to wait a little bit more and then we’ll have a better way to let you know what’s going on.” 

Nadal’s team reports have suggested that the results of the MRI will be known on Tuesday morning and a decision on the ATP World Tour Finals participation will be made after that.

Nadal will dethrone Novak Djokovic from the No.1 position in the ATP rankings on Monday regardless of Djokovic’s result at the Rolex Paris Masters 2019 finals.

However, as Djokovic will feature at the 2019 Nitto ATP Finals, later this month, the 33-year-old will have to participate in the final event of the ATP Tour in London to get a chance to conclude the season at the No.1 position in the ATP rankings.

The Mallorca native has never won a title at the ATP Finals but the US Open 2019 champion, who was on a 15 match winning streak before pulling out of the semifinals in Paris looked to be the favorite to win the title in London before he exposed himself to injury on Saturday.