The Spaniard had a stress crack in his right rib, which is why he missed two of the tournaments he won the most in his career: Monte Carlo and Barcelona. It is expected that he can return to the Rome circuit, just before Roland Garros.
Rafael Nadal is finally showing his progress after the injury he suffered to his right rib during the Indian Wells tournament. The Spaniard continues in the normal recovery periods and should be able to play in the Rome and Roland Garros tournaments. Today he trained for the first time after a month-long break.
“Today, after 4 weeks without walking on a tennis court, first light training. What an illusion of walking the earth again! “, posted the Balearic on his social networks. A simple phrase that excites the thousands of fans she has around the world. With this first step, everyone hopes that as soon as possible, Nadal can resume activity.
Recall that during the Indian Wells semi-final against Carlos Alcaraz, he felt unwell which led him to seek medical assistance several times. Despite winning, he was eliminated and in the final against Taylor Fritz he was unable to compete at the level he had shown. During the press conference, he will comment that “it was very difficult for him to breathe while playing ”.
So it was that on March 22, after medical tests carried out in Barcelona, it was reported that the 21 Grand Slam winner was in pain”a stress crack of the left third costal arch ”. A painful injury that forced him to stop for a period of between four and six weeks, according to what his doctor, Ángel Ruiz-Cotorro, reports.
On this occasion, Nadal was injured, but optimistic. “This is not good news and I did not expect it. I’m depressed and sad because after the start of the season that I had so well, I reached a very important part of the year with very good feelings and good results. But I always had this spirit of struggle and improvement and what I will do is be patient and work hard after my recovery. “, he commented on learning the extent of the injury.
Due to this situation, the Manacor tennis player had to miss the start of the European clay court tour, absent from Montecarlo and Barcelona . Two of the tournaments he won the most in his career. While in the Principality he lifted the title eleven times, in Conde Godó he did it twelve times. Only Roland Garros (13) has had more postcards of Nadal lifting the title.
And that is Rafa’s big aspiration. The French Open is positioned as the number one objective for the Spaniard, who knows he has a good chance of being able to extend his supremacy in the Grand Slam tournaments against Djokovic and Federer. If there are no unforeseen events, before Roland Garros he should compete in the Masters 1000 in Rome , where he was ten times champion. Madrid is still an unknown.
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