For the first time since 2005, when Rafael Nadal won his first French Open championship, he will miss the tournament that has pretty much become synonymous with his name. Now, I sarcastically ask the question, should we just cancel this whole thing? But there is a little trace of actual truth to me asking this question, because this has become the Rafael Nadal Invitational. He has won it an unprecedented and unthinkable 14 times in the past 18 years