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"When I breathe and when I move it's like I have a needle in me all the time. It makes me feel a little dizzy because it's painful."

Rafael Nadal described a couple of days ago, after falling in the Indian Wells final against Taylor Fritz, what he felt inside his body.

The medical report after undergoing a CT scan has revealed that he suffers from "a stress crack of the third left costal arch".

In other words, he will not return to the tracks until May, since he will be out for between four and six weeks.

Montecarlo and the Count of Godó will be lost for sure.

And it will be doubt in Madrid.

Arriving in full condition at Roland Garros is his goal.

"This is not good news and I did not expect this. I am sunk and sad because after the start of the season that I have had so good, I reached a very important part of the year with very good feelings and good results," the tennis player explained in a statement. .

"I have always had that spirit of struggle and improvement and what I will do is be patient and work hard after my recovery," he added after hearing the medical report.

As soon as he landed in Madrid, coming from the United States, Nadal went to Barcelona to be treated by the medical team led by Doctor

Ángel Ruiz-Cotorro

.

And there he underwent an MRI and a CT scan, which revealed that stress crack suffered during the Indian Wells semifinal match against

Carlos Alcaraz

.

His time off will be between four and six weeks, so his absence in Monte Carlo (April 10), where he has 11 titles, and in the Conde de Godó, a week later, where he has 12 trophies, is certain.

Almost like her withdrawal from the Mutua Madrid Open, starting on May 1.

A week after the Madrid tournament, the Rome Masters 1000 will take place, which he could reach.

Although her goal is to travel to Paris (May 22) with all the guarantees.

As Nadal himself explained in the statement, he will not take risks along the way.

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