Rafael Nadal has pressed pause on his comeback.
The 21-time Grand Slam champion has withdrawn from subsequent week’s Barcelona Open, his team told Reuters.
“Rafa has simply been withdrawn from the entry checklist in Barcelona,” his group told Reuters. “We do not know but when he shall be at his first event on clay this yr. Hopefully, quickly.”
Final month, the 35-year-old Spaniard introduced he shall be sidelined 4 to 6 weeks after struggling a stress fracture to his rib throughout his epic three hour, 12-minute Indian Wells semifinal conquer 18-year-old Carlos Alcaraz.
“Because it seems, I’ve a stress crack in one in every of my ribs and shall be out for 4-6 weeks,” Nadal wrote on Twitter. “This isn’t excellent news and I didn’t anticipate this. “I’m sunk and unhappy as a result of after the beginning of the season I’ve had such a great time.”
The Barcelona withdrawal places Nadal’s Roland Garros preparation in danger. Roland Garros begins on Might twenty second. Nadal has alternatives to play Masters clay-court occasions in Madrid, beginning on Might 1st, and Rome, which begins Might eighth, the query is will he be wholesome sufficient to compete?
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