Rafael Nadal arrives at a crucial period of his season. Seriously injured psoasAustralian Open, the Bull of Manacor is currently in the care and recovery phase to try to return in early April. The Mallorcan didn’t take any risks and of course skipped the US tour in March. Roland-Garros 2023 is clearly an obsession for Rafa. The man with the 22nd Grand Slam title knows that the Paris tournament is his best chance to reach number 23 before Novak Djokovic, he also has 22 titles since the coronation at Melbourne. Present at Santiago Bernabeu for the match between Real and Barça on Thursday evening, Rafa gave news.
Rafa Nadal after his loss in the second round of the Australian Open
“I see things week after week, I do tests to see how the injury evolves. I haven’t spoken much since Australia, but in Australia I had a big, big injury”
At the moment, Nadal is clearly in the dark and has no timetable in mind. Montecarlo does not seem assured. “I go very slowly. I see things week after week, I do tests to see how the injury evolves. I haven’t spoken much since Australia, but in Australia I had a big, big injury. It was a very big tear in the muscle, I tore a little bit of the tendon. It’s a very complicated place in the psoas, in all sports, but in tennis that’s where we get our strength from, so the evolution is slower than we would like. We have no other choice than to be a little patient, it’s true that the calendar passes and I’m no longer 20, and after a year like the one I’ve been through, we’re tired , but I do what I can. Every day I’m at the Academy for training, gym, recovery, 15 or 20 minutes on the track so that my arm doesn’t degenerate… but for now I’m waiting to see how I’m doing progress. I don’t know if it will be Monte Carlo, I don’t know if it will be Barcelona, if it will be Madrid, but I want to play, so when I can be there I will be back“, he explained.
