Rafael Nadal has refused to commit to going for a record-extending 15th French Open title, despite coming through the Madrid Open unscathed.

Nadal lost at the quarter-final stage on Tuesday in his final competitive match in the Spanish capital, and will now turn his attention to Rome.

But the 22-time grand slam champion said it was too early to say how his body might recover from back-to-back tournaments on the clay, ahead of the action getting underway at Roland Garros later this month.

“I don’t know what can happen [about the French Open] but now I have four games in Madrid behind me,” Nadal said. “This is the reality.

“Today I was muscularly tired, yes, but it is nothing serious. I have endured several hours of competition at the highest possible level, and that’s the most important thing.

“About Paris, after Rome I will say. I understand your urgency and I would also like to have a clear vision of what is going to happen but, since I don’t have it today, I can’t tell you more.

“I hope to be able to play in Rome if there are no setbacks and I’m going there with the hope of continuing to evolve.

“At the tennis level I also leave [Madrid] happier than I arrived although, if I don’t have the confidence that my body can handle tennis, it’s impossible for this to work.”