Rafael Nadal missing Virtual Madrid Open match over 'back issue' turns out to be fake news

Rafael Nal's time at Virtual Mrid Open seemed to come to an end despite winning his opening round against Canian Denis Shapalov on Monday. It was reported that Rafael Nal's withdrawal from tournament was due to a 'back injur'y he suffered during opening tie. After Rafael Nal's win over Cana's Denis Shapovalov, Felicia Lopez h me an anuncement that he received a text from Nal in which it was written that he h an issue with his back, so he has requested to play DJ Mariio On Tuesday.

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Virtual Mrid Open: Rafael Nal back injury news

This news might come as surprise to fans at first instance, but reality is that this was completely fake news which was spre by fellow Spaniard Felicia Lopez. Lopez, who is tournament director of Virtual Mrid Open, revealed in his tweet wrote that he was joking about Rafael Nal's back injury and mess was written in a sense of humour. Lopez praised World .2 saying that he showed great skills playing virtual tennis. Here's tweet from Felicia Lopez.

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Virtual Mrid Open: Andy Murray registers victory, Eugenie Bouchard yet to play a match  

Former World .1 Andy Murray, who is placed in Rafael Nal's group, won his opening encounter at  Virtual Mrid Open on Monday. Andy Murray beat Frenchman Beit Paire 3-1 in opening match. While Andy Murray and Rafael Nal won ir opening matches, Canian star Eugenie Bouchard did t feature on opening day of tournament. Eugenie Bouchard was first scheduled to take on Donna Vekic and n Kiki Bertens, who is currently topping her group.

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All you need to kw about  Virtual Mrid Open

men's and women's Virtual Mrid Open event will see winner being awarded $164,000 in prize money. winners n decide how much y want to donate to tennis players, who are having a hard time financially without any tournaments to play. Ar $55,000 will be donated towards fighting coronavirus pandemic. tournament sees some of top players competing with a joystick in ir hand with Rafael Nal and Andy Murray being top draws.

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