Rafael Nadal Pulls Out of Indian Wells Masters Due to Injury

Three-time occasion winner and 22-time Grand Slam champion Rafael Nadal has withdrawn from the ATP 1000 at Indian Wells as a result of of harm, match officers mentioned Tuesday.

The information comes after the Spaniard mentioned in late January he anticipated to miss six to eight weeks with the hip flexor harm he sustained on the Australian Open.

“We want Rafa continued therapeutic, and hope to see him again on the BNP Paribas Open subsequent 12 months,” tournament director Tommy Haas said in a statement.

Nadal said on January 26 that tests had confirmed a moderate muscle tear in his left hip that did not require surgery.

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It’s not clear if Nadal will be ready to return for the ATP 1000 at Miami, the second leg of the “Sunshine Double” which follows on the heels of Indian Wells, begins on March 8 within the California desert east of Los Angeles.

Nadal will extra seemingly goal being prepared for the clay-court season in mid-April, main into Roland Garros in May the place he might be chasing a fifteenth French Open title.

Nadal, who made historical past as the primary man to win 21 Grand Slam singles titles on the 2022 Australian Open, hobbled out of this 12 months’s version in January after simply two matches.

He mentioned in Melbourne he had had the issue for “a pair of days” but at that point had not received a diagnosis.

Nadal, whose stellar career has been marked by injuries, was adamant that he would continue playing.

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“From here on, I guess when things move forward, the right decisions will be made because what I want is to continue playing tennis,” he mentioned.

Last 12 months Nadal was undefeated heading into Indian Wells, having posted victories in an Australian Open tune-up in Melbourne earlier than rallying from two units down to beat Daniil Medvedev within the Australian Open closing.

He gained the ATP match in Acapulco and reached the ultimate at Indian Wells, the place he was surprised by American Taylor Fritz within the closing as he battled a rib harm.

He returned to win his twenty second Grand Slam title at Roland Garros, a file that Novak Djokovic has since matched.

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