Rafa Nadal has been forced to withdraw from the French Open over fears that he could break his wrist if he continues to play at Roland Garros. The nine-time winner had progressed to the third round with a straight-sets win over Facundo Bagnis on Thursday. However, the Spaniard has been struggling with his wrist and said he risked further injury - and a likely break in his wrist - if he continued to play.

SOUNDBITE: (English) Rafa Nadal:

"We tried to do all the treatments possible. Every single day we spent a lot of hours here working so hard to try to play. Yesterday, I played with an injection on the wrist with anaesthetic, just to sleep my wrist, to play. I could play, but the thing is yesterday night I start to feel more and more pain, and today in the morning I feel that I could not move much the wrist."

SOUNDBITE: (English) Rafa Nadal:

"I did MRI, and I did echography. Well, and the results are not positive. The real thing is not 100 per cent. It's not broken, but if I keep playing gonna be broken in next couple of days."

SOUNDBITE: (English) Rafa Nadal:

"It's obvious that if it's not Roland Garros I will probably not take risks on playing the first two days, but is the most important event of the year for me. So we tried our best. We take risks yesterday. That's why we played with anaesthetic injection, so without feeling at all in the wrist. But, you know, when I am coming to Roland Garros, I am coming today, I am coming thinking about winning the tournament. To win the tournament I need five more matches, and the doctor says that's 100 per cent impossible (and) that it's going to be 100 per cent broken