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By Chris Oddo | Saturday, October 25, 2014

 
Nadal, Roland Garros, 2014

Rafael Nadal has called closed the books on his 2014 campaign and will undergo surgery in early November.

Photo Soure: AP

Rafael Nadal officially called it quits on his 2014 on Friday, saying that he will not participate in this year’s Paris Masters and ATP World Tour Finals due to the fact that he had scheduled surgery to remove his appendix for November 3.

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The 14-time Grand Slam champion cuts short a campaign which saw him win a record ninth Roland Garros title and tie Pete Sampras for second on the all-time major title list.

But Nadal’s season was not without issues. He was hampered by back injuries that curtailed his hopes of winning this year’s Australian Open and slowed his training and form throughout the season, and he also suffered an injury to his right wrist which caused him to pull out of this year’s US Open.

"It's the day to say goodbye to the season," Nadal said, according to the AP. "It's been a very hard year for me, mentally and physically. I'm not going to play Paris and London, I'm not competitive enough for that. I need to do the surgery for my appendix and I need to work on my back.

"I need five weeks of rest and I want to have one month to try to work as much as I can to be ready for 2015. The only way to work on being fit is to be healthy. I need to fix all the things in my body first."

Nadal finishes the year with a record of 48-11 and a total of four titles. In addition to Roland Garros, the Spaniard also won titles in Doha, Rio and Madrid, and reached finals in Rome, Miami and the Australian Open.

Nadal became the second active player to reach 700 wins when he defeated Martin Klizan at Wimbledon (the Spaniard is currently 11th on the all-time list), and his French Open title tied him for 5th on the ATP’s all-time title list with 64.

Nadal also broke his own record by becoming the first player in history to win at least one Grand Slam title for 10 years in succession.

He will turn 29 next June.

 

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