The Spanish tennis player will not participate in the first ATP 1,000 of the year due to an injury that has been ongoing since the Australian Open.
The fans of Rafael Nadal They will have to wait a little longer to see him in action again, as the Spanish tennis player on Tuesday confirmed his absence for the Indian Wells tournaments, the first ATP 1,000 tournament of the year, and Miami, the second, due to injury. which has lasted since January.
“I’m sad that I won’t be able to compete in Indian Wells or Miami. Too bad I wasn’t there. I will miss all my fans in America, but I hope to see you next year during the summer swing“, wrote nadal on his Twitter account.
And I added: “I rested for a few hours, started rehab, gym and physical therapy as the doctors told me. Preparing to return to the best conditions“.
In the past australia tomorrowin mid-January, Nadal injured the iliac psoas in his left legand there is one recovery period between six and eight weeks.
At the beginning of February, the Manacor native announced that unable to play due to injury an exhibition scheduled for March 5 in Las Vegas (USA) against his compatriot Carlos Alcaraz.
That departure left his involvement up in the air Indian Wellsfirst ATP 1,000 of the season and that will be held from March 8 to 19 in the California desert, so far it has been confirmed that he will finally not make it there. He will also miss the next ATP 1,000, which is in Miami, from March 22 to April 2.
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The consequences of Rafa Nadal’s defeat in the tournaments in the United States
The loss of nadal in Indian Wells will cause a new drop in world ranking because will lose 600 points last year. AND he will probably leave the Top-10 where it became 910 weeks in a row, an all-time record. Miami is gone in 2022, so it won’t be wasting any more units.
Source: Tycsports
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