Rafael Nadal gives fitness and comeback update following latest injury setback

Rafael Nadal stays touch-and-go for the Sunshine Double within the United States after new scans confirmed the preliminary outcomes and time-frame for restoration.

The 22-time Grand Slam winner’s defence of his Australian Open title got here to a shuddering halt within the second spherical at Melbourne Park as he misplaced in three units towards American Mackenzie McDonald.

He required therapy on his hip in the course of the encounter and a scan after the match revealed a grade two tear in his iliopsoas muscle together with his group saying he’ll out of motion for between six and eight weeks.

The Spaniard had additional assessments in Barcelona this week and issued a brand new replace.

“Today I’ve been on the Tecknon Tennis Clinic in Barcelona the place they’ve carried out some exams on me,” he wrote on Twitter.

“The Melbourne outcomes are confirmed and the deadlines stay the identical. Established the therapies to comply with and in 3 weeks they are going to carry out new exams to see the evolution

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Nadal was resulting from play within the Dubai Tennis Championships for the primary time in 15 years, however he’ll now miss the ATP 500 event, which begins on February 27.

There are additionally main query marks over his participation within the ATP Masters 1000 Sunshine Double – the Indian Wells Open and the Miami Open. The Indian Wells Open begins on March 8 whereas the Miami Open kicks off on March 20.

The 36-year-old, although, ought to be match for the clay-court season with the Monte-Carlo Masters, which begins on April 10, prone to be his first event on the floor this yr.

Nadal’s future has been a giant speaking level with Alexander Zverev suggesting he may retire after this yr’s French Open, however the Spaniard has dismissed these claims.

John McEnroe, in the meantime, says the tennis nice will play so long as he’s damage free.

“It actually is dependent upon how the physique holds up, after which clearly he’s used to doing so effectively that if the outcomes aren’t there for a constant time frame, I might count on that he would cease enjoying then,” he mentioned.

“I might suspect that he’ll wait as a result of, should you recall final yr when he went to Indian Wells, he bought harm there after which he missed the primary a part of the clay-court season. So I believe he would favor to kind of begin with the clay-court season.”

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