Absent from Roland Garros for the first time in 18 years, Rafael Nadal underwent surgery on Friday night at the Teknon Clinic in Barcelona. As reported from his environment, he will need five months of recovery, so, in principle he could reappear in the Davis Cup Finals, from November 21 to 26, as long as he evolves normally and Spain manages to qualify for them in September. That was one of the hypotheses raised by the 14-time champion in Paris when he announced that 2024 will be his last active year.
The arthroscopic intervention of his left psoas tendon injury was carried out by doctors Marc Philippon, Jaume Vilaró and Ángel Ruiz-Cotorro. "The surgery has been positive. It consisted of cleaning the fibrotic and degenerated areas of the tendon both proximally and distally, as well as suturing it to strengthen it properly. In a second half he also regularized an old injury of the labrom of his left hip that will surely help the best evolution of the tendon, "reads the medical part.
Nadal has played only four matches this year, the last of them in the second round of the Australian Open, where he lost to American Makenzie McDonald. Injured in the psoas in that match, he had planned to reappear in the clay season, but failed to recover and after successively announcing his absence in the different tournaments where he was going to participate, he called a press conference to announce his withdrawal from Roland Garros and the intention to say goodbye to the courts next year.
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