Two-time former Australian Open champion Rafael Nadal was pressured to withdraw from this 12 months’s version of the occasion on Sunday with one more hip harm.
The Spaniard sustained the harm towards Australia’s Jordan Thompson within the quarterfinals of the Brisbane occasion.
Hello all, throughout my final match in Brisbane I had a small drawback on a muscle that as made me anxious. As soon as I bought to Melbourne I’ve had the prospect 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… pic.twitter.com/WpApfzjf3C— Rafa Nadal (@RafaelNadal) January 7, 2024
Nadal had been off Tour for practically a 12 months with a hip harm. He’ll now fly again to Spain together with his workforce for additional assessments to find out when he can return to the circuit.
The 22-time Main winner has been affected with a number of accidents all through his illustrious profession.
The Australian Open begins on January 14 in Melbourne.