Nadal confirms that he will not even play the tournament in Madrid and puts Roland Garros in danger

Rafael Nadal He will also be ruled out of the Mutua Madrid Open, the fourth Masters 1,000 of the season which starts next week at the Caja Mágica, due to an injury he suffered at the Australian Open which is “still not healed”. “Weeks go by and I had the illusion that I could play in the tournaments that are the most important in my career Monte Carlo, Barcelona, Madrid, Rome, Roland Garros and right now I missed Monte Carlo and Barcelona, ​​and unfortunately I won’t be able to be in Madrid,” Nadal said in a statement.

The man from Manacor admitted that “it has been a difficult few weeks and months.” “As you know I suffered a significant injury in Australia, in the psoas In principle it had to be six to eight weeks of recovery, and we are already on the fourteenth. The reality is that the situation is not what we expected. All medical indications were followed, but somehow the evolution was not as we were initially told and we are in a difficult situation”, he warned.

The Spaniard expressed regret that his injury continues “without healing” and prevents him from “doing” what he needs “to compete”. “I’ve been training, but now, a few days ago, we decided to change course a bit, do another treatment and see if things improve to try and get to what’s coming. I can’t give deadlines because if I knew I would tell you, but I don’t know. This is the current situation,” he stressed.

“I also want to send a special greeting to all the Madrid and Spanish public as I will miss the two tournaments played here at home. You all know what it means to me to play in these tournaments, and in this case in Madrid, that I won’t be able to play him with everything he gave me,” said the 22-year-old champion. Grand Slam.

Now, yes still He has no choice but to try to have the right attitude all this time. “I have to try and give myself a chance to compete in one of the tournaments that are left of the clay season and I have no choice but to work and be in the right mentality,” he said.

The Spanish tennis player injured his iliopsoas on January 18 during his loss in the second round of the Australian Open against the American mackenzie mcdonald and because of this absence he fell out of top 10th in the ATP ranking (14), and he could only play four matches this year, and he also missed the 1000 Masters in Indian Wells and Miami. In a month, Roland Garros, second Grand Slam season and where he defends the title.