Carlos Alcaraz reacts to Rafael Nadal missing Australian Open due to injury

Carlos Alcaraz despatched a message to Rafael Nadal following the information of the 37-year-old’s Australian Open withdrawal, wishing his idol to get effectively quickly. 

On Friday, Nadal suffered a three-set defeat to Jordan Thompson within the Brisbane Worldwide quarterfinal, in what was the Spaniard’s first match again after hip surgical procedure. Through the match, Nadal gave the impression to be troubled by a leg harm as he had an intervention on his left leg. 

After the match, Nadal acknowledged that he could have sustained one thing that might forestall him from competing on the Australian Open. On Sunday, the worst fears grew to become actuality because the 22-time Grand Slam champion is ready to overlook the opening Main of the season because of a micro tear on his leg muscle.

“Hello all, throughout my final match in Brisbane I had a small drawback on a muscle that as you already know made me anxious. As soon as I bought to Melbourne I’ve had the possibility to make an MRI and I’ve micro tear on a muscle, not in the identical half the place I had the harm and that’s excellent news. Proper now I’m not able to compete on the most degree of exigence in 5 units matches,” Nadal introduced on Instagram on Sunday.

Alcaraz reacts to Nadal’s Australian Open withdrawal

“We’re ready for you within the subsequent match Rafa! Get effectively quickly!” Alcaraz wrote within the remark part. 

When the week began and Nadal clinched back-to-back straight-set wins over Dominic Thiem and Jason Kubler, followers began turning into overly excited in regards to the Spaniard’s comeback and his probabilities in 2024.

However then, Nadal suffered an harm throughout his Brisbane quarterfinal match in opposition to Thompson and the hopes of seeing the previous world No. 1 win Brisbane in his first match again ended. 

Nonetheless, it’s good to see that Nadal stays in optimistic spirits and that he’s nonetheless happy in methods about what he was in a position to do in Brisbane. It stays to be seen how lengthy will Nadal want to beat his muscle tear harm and when he’ll play once more.