Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal announced this Sunday that he has a microtear due to which he will miss the Australian Open.
“During my last game in Brisbane [Austrália] I had a little muscle problem that was bothering me,” he explained.
The Spaniard reports that he passed the exams while still on Australian soil. The microtear is not in the same location as the injury that kept him out of competition last year.
Despite this, Nadal leaves a guarantee: “At the moment I am not ready to perform at the highest level. I will return to Spain to see a doctor, get some treatment and rest.”
The athlete recently returned to the court after almost a year’s break. The former world number one and winner of 22 Grand Slam titles was out of action for 349 days due to a serious injury to his left leg.
Upon his return, Nadal, 37, discussed the possibility of this season being the last of his career.
“The problem with saying this will be my last season is that I can’t 100 percent predict what will happen in the future. That’s why I say “probably”. Obviously, there is a high percentage that this will be my last season. “This will be your last season,” Nadal said.
The Mallorcan explained that he cannot predict how he will be in the future and recalled the difficult process of returning to the game.
“I can’t predict whether my body will allow me to enjoy tennis as much as I have over the last twenty years. I don’t know if my body will allow me to be competitive. Not in the sense of winning major tournaments, but in the sense that I feel happy, I feel competitive, I go out on the field and I feel like I can compete with anyone,” he explained.
Author: morning Post This Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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