Rafael Nadal will not seek the 12th Monte Carlo crown next week, missing his favorite Masters 1000 event for the first time since 2004! The 11-time champion will skip the action in the Principality after fracturing his left rib during the Indian Wells campaign.The Spaniard reached the final in the desert but will have to stay away from the court for four and six weeks to recover. Thus, Nadal will not play in Monte Carlo for the first time in 18 years, entering every year since 2005 and becoming the ultimate champion at the season’s first clay-court Masters 1000 event.Nadal made the Masters …