Nadal announces bad news about rib injury, worries about Roland Garros

(Sports news, tennis news) The injury that Rafael Nadal is having causes him to leave the field for a while.

Rafael Nadal leaving a great regret when he could not step up to the Indian Wells 2022 champion and his consecutive winning streak stopped at 20, but “Gaur” is still appreciated for not giving up.

Nadal suffered a broken rib and had to rest for 4 to 6 weeks

After the match with Taylor Fritz, the Spanish “Gaur” revealed that he had problems with his ribs, leading to difficulty breathing and that was the main reason Rafa did not play in the right form, losing to Fritz 0-2 (3- 3-) 6, 6-7(7)).

On Twitter, on Tuesday (March 22), Nadal confirmed that he had returned to Spain and immediately went to see a doctor, he revealed: “Turns out, I had a stress fracture in one of them. ribs and will be out for 4-6 weeks. This is not the good news I was expecting. I’m really sad after the exciting start to the season. But I’ll be patient. patience to get through this difficult time and come back.”

With a break of four to six weeks, Rafa will have to skip a series of favorite tournaments. He definitely has to say goodbye to the Monte Carlo Masters (April 10 to 17), the Barcelona Open (April 18 to April 24), the ability to attend the Madrid Open and Rome Masters of “Gaur” is also open.

Not playing at the key events of the clay season could hurt Rafa’s chances of winning the championship at Roland Garros. The Grand Slam tournament in France will begin on May 22.

Elsewhere, tennis coach Patrick Mouratoglou said that if Nadal wins the Roland Garros championship, Djokovic will be under pressure to come back and win the title at Wimbledon.

“It is not yet clear whether Novak will play in Paris. If Rafa wins the French Open, Novak will be under a lot of pressure at Wimbledon because he is under pressure to win to close the Grand Slam gap with his opponent,” Mouratoglou told French media.

“Anyway Djokovic is the youngest player “BIG 3″, he has won an average of two Grand Slam titles a year for the past 4 seasons. He can compete 3, 4 seasons with form, fitness. That could take him to 25 or 30 Grand Slam titles,” the French coach predicted Nole’s Grand Slam number.