Rafa Nadal also gives up on Madrid: “Difficult situation”. At risk Rome and Paris

Not even Madrid. After skipping Monte Carlo and Barcelona, Rafael Nadal he’s not ready and won’t even show up at the Madrid Open next week. In short, the recovery from a hip injury sustained at the Australian Open in January has not been completed, and at this point even shadows are cast over the return to Rome and Roland Garros, not to mention the efficiency with which the 22-time tournament winner of the Grand Slam could face the two big events on clay.

Nadal missed the Indian Wells, Miami, Monte Carlo tournaments before the current Barcelona Open after suffering the injury that prevented his title defense at Melbourne Park with a second round defeat against Mackenzie McDonald. “Initially it was supposed to be a recovery period of six to eight weeks and now we’re at fourteen,” Nadal said in a video posted on social media of him. “The reality is that the situation is not what we would have expected. All the medical indications have been followed, but somehow the evolution has not been what we were initially told and we find ourselves in a difficult situation”.

“The weeks go by” continues Nadal, “and I had the desire to be able to play in the most important tournaments of my career such as Monte Carlo, Barcelona, ​​Madrid, Rome, Roland Garros and for the moment I miss Monte Carlo and Barcelona. Unfortunately I won’t be able to be in Madrid “. The desire to return to the field in Paris where he has won 14 times collides with a situation that does not make him optimistic. “The injury hasn’t healed yet and I can’t understand what I need to compete. I was training, but a few days ago we decided to change course a bit, do another treatment and see if things improve to try to get to what comes next. I can’t give deadlines because if I knew I would tell you but I don’t know. That’s the way it is now”.