Rafael Nadal of Spain displays between video games in his quarter-final match in opposition to Jordan Thompson of Australia throughout the Brisbane International tennis event in Brisbane on Jan. 5, 2024.
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Rafael Nadal will miss the Australian Open after the Spaniard suffered a small muscle tear throughout his comeback from an extended injury layoff on the Brisbane International final week, the 22-times Grand Slam champion stated on January 7.
Nadal made his long-awaited comeback in Brisbane after spending virtually a yr on the sidelines with a hip flexor injury sustained throughout his second spherical defeat to Mackenzie McDonald in final yr’s Australian Open.
The 37-year-old didn’t compete once more final season after present process surgical procedure in June and sustained an higher left leg concern throughout his defeat by Jordan Thompson within the quarter-finals of the tune-up occasion for the Jan. 14-28 Melbourne Park main.
“During my last match in Brisbane I had a small problem on a muscle that as you know made me worried,” Nadal stated in a press release on X, previously Twitter. “Once I got to Melbourne I have had the chance to make an MRI and I have micro tear on a muscle, not in the same part where I had the injury and that’s good news. Right now I am not ready to compete at the maximum level of exigence in five sets matches. I’m flying back to Spain to see my doctor, get some treatment and rest.”
Nadal gained the Australian Open in 2009 and 2022.
