Roland-Garros opens without its legend Rafael Nadal

Roland-Garros version 2023 is a special edition: the Grand Slam tournament opens without Rafael Nadal, the man with the fourteen silver bowls. If the tennis fans present on Sunday at Porte d’Auteuil unanimously regret the absence of the legend, they are not worried about the upcoming generation.

The Roland-Garros legend had to withdraw due to recurring muscle injuries. A real thunderclap in the world of tennis. Because since his first coronation on Parisian clay in 2005, two days after his 19th birthday, Nadal has never failed at Porte d’Auteuil. He has accumulated 112 victories and has only experienced three defeats (in 2009, 2015 and 2021), plus one withdrawal during the tournament (2016, because of his left wrist).