Rafael Nadal’s return is delayed. Image: Rafael Nadal/Twitter
Nadal: ‘I didn’t deserve to finish like that’
Nadal’s injury has also kept him from the Indian Wells, Miami, Monte Carlo, Italian and Barcelona tournaments so far.
Rafael Nadal’s return is delayed. Image: Rafael Nadal/Twitter
Rafael Nadal will miss the Roland-Garros this month after a setback in his recovery from a hip injury.
The 36-year-old former world no.1 sustained the injury at the Australian Open in January and has been out of action since.
The Spaniard’s hip has not healed well enough to allow him to compete at the top level.
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Nadal’s hip injury keeping him out of action
This injury has also kept him from the Indian Wells, Miami, Monte Carlo, Italian and Barcelona tournaments so far and is expected to sit out for the next few weeks.
“My idea and my motivation is to try to enjoy the Tour and say goodbye to all the tournaments that I enjoyed playing,” Nadal said. “The Olympic Games are one of them, but I can’t say yet that it will be my last tournament or not.”
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And though he is missing out on the Roland-Garros, Nadal said it would be satisfying to be back at the highest level.
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“I had enough force and satisfaction during my career to make things happen by myself, always trying to reach high goals. Sometimes I could make it, sometimes not. To be back, competing at the highest professional level would be a satisfaction to finish the way I intend to,” Nadal added.
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“What maintains things alive first is (having)…enough force to say that I didn’t deserve to finish like that,” he said, at a press conference on Thursday.
