Rafael Nadal has confirmed he’ll play in his residence event on the Madrid Open subsequent month regardless of nonetheless recovering from a rib damage.
The Spaniard sustained a rib stress fracture in his semi-final match in opposition to Carlos Alcaraz at Indian Wells in March and went on to lose the ultimate in opposition to Taylor Fritz.
He introduced on 22 March he could be out for 4 to 6 weeks to recuperate, that means it was tight for him to make the Madrid Masters 5 weeks later, however he has now confirmed he shall be taking part in.
Nadal shall be competing on the occasion for the nineteenth time and has beforehand reached eight finals, successful the event 5 occasions.
“Regardless of having a brief preparation and going through a tough occasion, I can’t wait to play at residence, the place we don’t have many probabilities to take action,” Nadal stated in a Tweet.
Referring to his damage and small preparation, he continued “I’ll attempt to do my greatest. See you in Madrid!”
Rafa is coming!
We’re delighted to welcome again our five-time Mutua Madrid Open champion 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Can’t wait to see you within the Caja Mágica!@RafaelNadal | @atptour | #MMOPEN pic.twitter.com/e9F90DNoVp
— #MMOPEN (@MutuaMadridOpen) April 26, 2022
Nadal comfortably leads the ATP Race To Turin after having fun with a career-best begin to the season with a 21-match successful streak.
Till the ultimate loss at Indian Wells, Nadal received all three tournaments he performed in, claiming titles at Melbourne, the Australian Open and Acapulco.
The 35 12 months previous at the moment leads the way in which because the male participant with essentially the most Grand Slam singles titles with 21, intently adopted by Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer on 20 every.
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