In exactly two months, on May 22, the Roland-Garros tournament will begin.
And Rafael Nadal, looking for a 14th Porte d'Auteuil victory, will not approach this edition in the best way.
Injured, the Spaniard is off for "four to six weeks", according to his doctor Angel Ruiz-Cotorro, relayed by the Madrid sports daily
Marca
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Nadal returned to Spain on Tuesday after playing and losing the final of the ATP 1000 tournament in Indian Wells, California.
The now world No. 3, who remained on 20 consecutive successes, lost to the American Taylor Fritz in a match that he played very diminished.
According to Dr Ruiz-Cotorro, the 35-year-old Majorcan has suffered a stress fracture in his rib since his hard-fought semi-final win against his young compatriot Carlos Alcaraz the day before.
Nadal talks about his "struggle spirit"
"I am devastated and sad because after such a good start to the season, I arrived at a very important moment of the year with very good feelings and good results", regretted Nadal in a press release, while referring to his "spirit of struggle and overcoming".
The master of clay will miss the tournaments in Monte-Carlo (April 10-17), Barcelona (April 18-24), perhaps also Madrid (May 1 and 8).
If the recovery times are respected, he could return to Rome (May 8-15) before playing Roland-Garros.
Complicated but not impossible for the only man to have won 21 Majors, the last this winter in Australia after five months of absence, between foot injury and Covid contamination.
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