Rafael Nadal has to sit out about five months before his planned farewell tour. After his hip operation, the tennis star begins rehabilitation.
Spanish tennis star Rafael Nadal is expected to be out for around five months after hip surgery. He announced this via Twitter.
The 22-time Grand Slam tournament winner had surgery on his injured left hip flexor in Barcelona on Friday about two weeks after his cancellation for the French Open. The procedure went well, and an injury to the articular lip had also been repaired, he said.
He will start rehabilitation immediately, the normal recovery process is five months, “if everything goes well,” he wrote and thanked everyone for their good wishes. “Today also on my birthday. Not in the desired and dreamed place, but THANK YOU anyway.”
Nadal has not played a match since the second round at the Australian Open at the beginning of the year. Most recently he had canceled for the clay court classic in Paris and announced a longer break. He wants to end his career next year and once again compete in the tournaments that mean the most to him. With the forecast downtime, participation in the Australian Open, which he has won twice, in January 2024 would not be ruled out.
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