We will have to face the facts, the more the weeks pass, the less we believe in Nadal’s return to form in time for Roland. After Barcelona last week, the Majorcan announced on Thursday that he would also not participate in the Masters 1000 in Madrid, which begins on Monday, due to a hip injury from which he is still not recovered. “The injury is still not healed and I haven’t been able to work enough to be able to play competitively,” he explained in a video posted on Instagram.
Touched at the Australian Open at the start of the season, Nadal has already had to give up the first two tournaments of the year on clay, in Monte-Carlo and Barcelona, because of this injury to the psoas, a flexor muscle of the hip. As a reminder, Roland-Garros, where he is aiming for a 15th title, begins in a big month, on May 28.
The last chance treatment before Roland?
“Originally it was going to be a six to eight week recovery period and now we’re up to fourteen. The reality is that the situation is not what we expected. All the medical indications have been followed, but somehow the evolution has not been the one that we were initially told and we find ourselves in a difficult situation,” added the Spaniard, visibly very marked by this bad news.
At the twilight of his career, Nadal, holder of the record for Grand Slam victories (22) with Novak Djokovic, still hopes to celebrate his 37th birthday at Roland-Garros on June 3. And us with. Life without him at Roland would be depressing, let’s be clear. For this, the bull from Manacor announced that he was “changing course” in the treatment of his injury. “We started another treatment to see if things improve and try to move on,” he wrote. I can’t give a time frame because if I knew I would tell you but I don’t know. »